• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    651 year ago

    The really annoying part is YouTube gets all their content for free, while every other subscription video service pays for content.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      351 year ago

      They do, but the costs to store all of that high resolution video is enormous. Especially since it must be replicated to local repository for quicker access as popularity raises and removed when popularity falls on videos. The amount of content stored and served is significantly more than Netflix houses. That being said, ads are getting way too intrusive.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        11
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Me gesturing at gazillions of porn sites that lets anyone upload any videos…

        If YouTube implodes, pornhub will immediately launch an sfw version to grab the fleeing content creators.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          11 year ago

          Honestly I’m surprised they haven’t done so already, they already have the tech to do it, probably need to scale it a bit.

          Now I wonder if there aren’t SFW videos in pornhub from people that want to upload videos but don’t want to use YouTube. Or NSFW video that aren’t really porn, like a random guy reviewing videogames naked for some reason. I’m not checking either.

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            English
            1
            edit-2
            1 year ago

            I remember people from certain subreddits used to upload full movies to pornhub and share them for shit and giggles.

        • @Teodomo
          link
          English
          11 year ago

          deleted by creator

    • @ClassyDave
      link
      English
      111 year ago

      Creators no longer get ad revenue? What did I miss?

      • @Khanzarate
        link
        English
        271 year ago

        The ad revenue is a portion of what the advertisers paid.

        YouTube DOES get its content for free. They pay YouTubers per view, essentially a portion of profit, whereas something like Netflix pays for the creation of content and then also a portion of profit made.

        • @marmo7ade
          link
          English
          3
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          deleted by creator

            • @Tempotown
              link
              English
              -31 year ago

              How much data left is there to sell about me? Pretty sure they know pretty much everything about us already.

              My surfing habits change a little, but it’s mostly cyclical.

              • @pozbo
                link
                English
                11 year ago

                They don’t need new data to sell, they just find a new client who doesn’t have your info yet.

          • @ricdeh
            link
            English
            51 year ago

            The point is that that’s in their own interest, because if they wouldn’t host it, they wouldn’t make any money.

            • @LufyCZ
              link
              English
              11 year ago

              You’ve just figured out how businesses work

            • @[email protected]
              link
              fedilink
              English
              11 year ago

              I know you’re mostly joking, but Google does sell your data/browsing habits for advertising, being able to show car dealership ads to someone who’s browsing history indicates they’re in the market is extremely valuable. It’s not just about things “about you” like demographics/location, but an active, rolling profile about where you’re most likely to spend your money.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        101 year ago

        I believe he is referring to the fact that YouTube don’t have to pay upfront for new content, they even get new content without hunting for it, and many smaller channels don’t have partnership and so on.

        Sure they have a platform, backend and so on. But Netflix needs to have all that too plus buy things to show to their customers.

        • @ClassyDave
          link
          English
          11 year ago

          That’s what I thought, and it’s kind of a silly point to make. You’re just moving around the order of the steps. They still pay for it.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          -11 year ago

          I believe he is referring to the fact that YouTube don’t have to pay upfront for new content, they even get new content without hunting for it, and many smaller channels don’t have partnership and so on.

          Well, sure, but on the other hand, those smaller creators couldn’t attract any attention or grow their audience without a platform to do it on. And, like it or not, youtube has that and doesn’t charge those new creators anything to use the platform (unlike platforms like Vimeo, as one example).

          Most of those large profitable channels wouldn’t have been able to grow totbhwir current size without a free to use platform to spread their content to a wider audience.

          There’s give and take on both sides.

            ;

          Of course, the payment share on ads and memberships is fair and equitable is a separate discussion…