Joelk111

@Joelk111@lemmy.world · Joined ⁨Jul⁩ ⁨2023⁩

Find me on other platforms at JoelKalich.com

Watch my video creations on PeerTube or on YouTube

Replying to @⁨ZephyrXero@lemmy.world⁩

As someone who is currently monetized with 5000 watch hours in the past year, I’m super mixed on this. On the one hand, I’m only making like 30 bucks per month, basically nothing, so I can see how YouTube would want to reduce overhead. On the other hand, that $30 bucks per month is a nice little bonus. I’d still be creating without it, but it is nice to have, and, YouTube already doesn’t pay out until you hit $100, so that oughtta reduce most of the overhead. It seems like it’d be a better solution to just raise that to a $200 minimum or something. You’re probably right, it might just be greed.

Putting ads on these creator’s videos AND not paying creators is wild though, no matter how small the channel is.

Side note: Am I at risk of becoming un-monetized?? I know it’s possible.

Side note the second: I host my own instance of PeerTube for my videos - joeltube.com

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Replying to @⁨Abyssian@lemmy.world⁩

I think that’s an overly cynical take tbh, and inaccurate to some extent. Not all online videos are bad and fake. I’m bias, as I create videos myself, but I mention that because the stuff I make is real. If I weren’t filming I’d be doing very similar stuff anyways. YouTube is at it’s best when you’re watching a relatively niche piece of someone’s life that they’re passionate about, it isn’t all fake reality bullshit. Additionally, I’ll mention that people have shown that they want entertainment whether it be a TV show, movie, or an independent creator on YouTube, and that stuff does have real value to people. It, by definition, isn’t worthless, as people will pay for it. Of course, I wish people held those they watch online to a higher standard.

Replying to @⁨Abyssian@lemmy.world⁩

It still boggles my mind, in a world where so many list after the “real-ness” that has been brought to us by individual content creators that so many still follow these people that are just doing it for the money, clout, etc. Sure, creators need to make a living, but why bother following the types of people that would think attending an AI luxury trip (whatever that is, I cannot be arsed to find out) is a good idea?

Replying to @⁨Sunflier@lemmy.world⁩

Yes, it’s a different Android based OS. It’s privacy focused, hence having this feature, and only supports Google Pixel devices.

Android is just a version of Linux, so anyone can make a fork of it. Most Android device manufacturers do this, including your device having Samsung’s rendition of Android and my OnePlus having OxygenOS (soon to be ColorOS), but anyone can do the same if they’d like. LineageOS is another super cool Android project.