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YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."
A mass migration to a federated YouTube alternative couldn’t come sooner.
I keep seeing people throw this idea out there but I have yet to have received a reasonable answer to a simple question: How would content creators get paid on a federated video platform?
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Patreon?
Yes, content providers make money on YouTube, but considering that Google makes more than then they do as a percentage certainly begs for some other solution.
I have a bit over 60 YouTubers I’m subscribed to on YouTube. Am I supposed to pay $60+ every month to have access to them? The cheapest patreon I’ve ever seen was for $1 and that wasn’t even for full access just a “buy me coffee, thanks” tier.
What about discoverability, how am I supposed to randomly stumble across niche content creators that don’t have a huge following?
Not saying it isn’t possible I just can’t seem to wrap my head around how it would work.
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I will also say that I agree with you 100%. So, I am supposed to subscribe to the New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes, Netflix, Prime, any number of podcasts, and so on.
Not only do I not have that much money, but I don't have that level of organization to keep track of all of them.
I would agree that content delivery/payment is completely broken right now.