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Re:WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App by pydry on Monday June 16, 2025 @05:05PM (#44293386)
Once google's shareholders have wet their beak, the on-campus sushi bars and manicurists and $400k pay packets are paid for and the Taylor Swifts of the world are paid off there isnt much left of your subscription to pay for the long tail of content creators who dont have Taylor Swift's leverage.

Which is why many of them say things like "skip these ads if you like Im not getting any of it" or "Im here primarily for exposure, I make my money elsewhere".

Re:WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App by Workaccount2 on Monday June 16, 2025 @08:52PM (#44294720)
Youtube has a 55/45 (creator/google) split with content creators. YT premium views also pay substantially more. Most of the money youtube makes goes to creators.
Re:WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App by account42 on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @06:29AM (#44308544)
With some creators. Casual uploaders (which IMO produce the majority of worthwhile videos) don't get squat. The "professional content creators" produce watered down crap that I close as soon as I see the youtube-face thumbnail designed to game the algorithm.