YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
I don’t have premium but I have stumbled on a number of content creators (I’m sure one of them was TheSpiffingBrit among others) explaining the audience how they get significantly more money from people watching them in a youtube premium…
I don’t have premium but I have stumbled on a number of content creators (I’m sure one of them was TheSpiffingBrit among others) explaining the audience how they get significantly more money from people watching them in a youtube premium…
Moving to a decentralised service like Lemmy didn’t line anyone’s pockets (well, except maybe the infrastructure provider, but that could be anyone!)
If you think software is the answer you are in for a rather… regrettably consistent future, I believe.