• penquin@lemmy.kde.social
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    1 year ago

    Millions of creators are “dealing” with them just fine. Not sure what so hard about setting up a patreon account or coordinating with sponsors. Pretty sure it is much easier than dealing with a multi-trillion dollar corporation. It just feels wrong he’s putting his voice behind a paywall where many people could just benefit from it if it were on YouTube.

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      1 year ago

      Millions of actors get by performing in local theaters but George Clooney probably wouldn’t take that gig. Jon Stewart is not on the same level as YouTubers. I can’t imagine he’d even make half of his contract on YouTube

      It just feels wrong he’s putting his voice behind a paywall where many people could just benefit from it if it were on YouTube.

      I get what you mean here and agree with the sentiment. I just can’t blame him for taking the significantly better deal

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        1 year ago

        I am by no means hating on the man. I love his work and admire his courage to face assholes and call them out on their bullshit. Hence I want to be able to see his episodes on YouTube. And I do understand he needs to get paid. I’m just stating my point of view, no hate or judgement. Not everyone can afford subscription/wants a subscription through a huge corporation. Many, many people would be more than happy to pay the creators directly. I do. I don’t want this to spiral into an argument.

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          Hey now we’re not arguing here! I wholly agree with your reasoning, I was just explaining why he’d take a paywalled Apple deal over ads and patreon. I don’t subscribe to any streaming services myself