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Re:YouTube Will Monetize Videos Without Paying Content Creators by izacus on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:48PM (#27281654)
Statements like these are bizarre - all the most prolific YouTubers are there because they earn a lot of money from YT. YouTube handles the ad deals, encoders, storage and content delivery and they get a cut of the ad revenue. They add a bit of product placement and Patreon and make a decent living.

Why the heck would they switch to Torrents which will earn them a small fraction of revenue... if any?

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Re:YouTube Will Monetize Videos Without Paying Content Creators by dan1234 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @04:17PM (#27282026)
Linus tech tips did an enlightening breakdown video of their earnings and YouTube ads make up around 25% of their revenue.

I think they have to upload to YouTube because that’s where their audience is (IIRC it’s the world’s second largest search engine). There are lots of channels that I’ve only discovered as related videos to other videos I’ve watched.

https://youtu.be/-zt57TWkTF4

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