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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by falcolas on Friday November 10, 2017 @10:41AM (#15670547)
Well, not quite. Channels are dying because their revenue is going away. That revenue is going away because their videos are unfairly (see following) being flagged as un-monitizable - which boils down to not being family friendly.

I say unfairly, because any number of creators can appeal the demonitization and have all of those videos re-instanted... but re-instatated too late to provide any real monetary value to the creator.

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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by pixl97 on Friday November 10, 2017 @06:02PM (#15673823)
Family friendly? No, advertizer friendly in the most generic sense is the issue. There are plenty of places that aren't family friendly and still bring in lots of advertising revenue. The problem is you can't really do both at the same time.
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