Google Is Screwed, Even If It Wins Its Antitrust Case

Re:Google Is Screwed, Even If It Wins Its Antitrust Case by pseudo0 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:48PM (#34542218)

Google has already created channel memberships, where the channel can offer perks like member-only content in exchange for additional payment to the channel owner. It certainly looks like an attempt to squeeze out Patreon and similar services.

The catch is that Google gets a 30% cut, compared to 3-5% for Patreon and such.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7491256

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Re:Google Is Screwed, Even If It Wins Its Antitrust Case by dnissley on Friday January 27, 2023 @12:49AM (#34542998)

To be fair Patreon's pricing is somewhat complicated. By their own admission their cut is 5-12%

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Re:Google Is Screwed, Even If It Wins Its Antitrust Case by pseudo0 on Friday January 27, 2023 @04:16AM (#34544165)

Good point, I forgot to account for the platform fee, which they charge in addition to the payment processing fees. So a creator on the Pro plan pays 8% just to use the services plus processing fees (2.9% plus $0.30 if over $3). So it seems like a typical creator would pay around 12%.

Still, that's an awful lot better than 30%.

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