YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

  • ozoned@piefed.socialEnglish
    491·
    11 hours ago

    I recommend Peertube. There’s not much there yet, but myself and others are trying.

    Also, did you know you can upload your video to Peertube and have YouTube pull it via RSS? That’s what I’m doing!

    All of my stuff you’ll find on Peertube and I don’t have to do anything else to get it up on YouTube.

      • NKBTN@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        People will create plenty of content for free. Basically every blog, early YT video and all of Wikipedia was made by people who just like creating stuff for free

      • Zombie@feddit.ukEnglish
        7·
        3 hours ago

        NoBOdY wIlL dO AnYThiNg wItHOuT PrOfiT mOtIvE

        This book, YouTube’s history, and the span of human history say otherwise. You’re spouting capitalist rhetoric which is ultimately a lie told to us on repeat to encourage greed, selfishness, and individualism.

        The platform you’re using right now was built without profit motive, there’s plenty of content. PeerTube can achieve the same.

      • athatet@lemmy.zipEnglish
        8·
        3 hours ago

        Except for all the people already making unpaid content. I guess if you ignore them then yeah, you’re right. Great job advancing the conversation in a meaningful way.

      • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
        30·
        7 hours ago

        Lots of people did it on YouTube for years. Even more on other platforms.

      • qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
        362·
        8 hours ago

        This is a terrible take, as most content creators I watch already cannot survive off of Youtube ad revenue and rely on third-party monetization, like Patreon subscriptions.

        Besides the fact that plenty of people make content for free, from the simple love of creating something.