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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by brokenmachine on Thursday September 18, 2025 @02:02AM (#45285998)
Yes, they really dgaf about the creators.

Another example of that is their ridiculous strike system. Look at what happened to Gamersnexus recently.

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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by wombarly on Thursday September 18, 2025 @02:56AM (#45286403)
How is this in a way related to that or not gaf about creators?

I pay €14/mo to not have ads on YouTube. It's good they have the skip feature for those sponsor segments, since they're just embedded ads.

Creators still benefit as my view has a higher $. Well... not anymore I suppose with the view attribution endpoint being blocked by my adblock.

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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by brokenmachine on Thursday September 18, 2025 @03:32AM (#45286670)
Creators get way more money out of their in-video sponsors than from youtube ads.
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