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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (30 children)

I was actually kinda wondering the other day why super large content creators with good cash flow from what they already do, don't ditch Google and Patreon or anything else that takes a cut to he nothing more than a middleman to accessing the content? They don't need to host on the same level as YouTube; they could probably make more money hosting their videos on their own website, where they can control what is free or paid for, and can work directly with advertisers themselves.

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)

And how do they get big? How do they get discovered? SEO ?

They're getting huge because of the platform.

I'm not saying google is not evil but it literally gives them their audience.

I watch YT more than anything else by a mile, and if my top subscription moved to their website, and I had to jump through hoops to watch them on my TV device, by installing a browser or something I probably would stop watching them or watch them way less. Another TV friendly app sure that wouldn't be a problem, but I don't see many doing that.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

I'm talking about those who have already gotten big, like PewDiePie or Good Mythical Morning (the latter of which started on their own website before youtube even existed, btw). Not the dude who just started a channel last week and has nothing to do shit with.

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago

Still think building their own site with apps I can throw on my devices is pretty involved.

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