• AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    But do things like that actually translate into respectable revenue? I understand that there are technically ways to get paid, but they only matter to creators if they actually fill their pockets.

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      60 minutes ago

      The problem is nobody is crazy enough to host these much videos other than Google. Google wants to stay as a monopoly in long-form video sharing platforms and I don’t think Google is actually making much money in return comparing the cost if Petabytes of video files getting uploaded all the time.

      Even after keeping a huge chunk of money that they get from advertisers, I still don’t think it’s that profitable but Somany people use YouTube and - they get to also stalk our online activity and do god knows what with allaaat data.