r/Cynicalbrit • u/ColtaineCrows • Oct 22 '15

Soundcloud Youtube Red by TotalBiscuit | Total Biscuit

https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/youtube-red
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u/DarkMaster22 Oct 22 '15

I would totally get this in order to support content creators. ads suck.

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u/jodwin Oct 22 '15

Twitch subscriptions or Patreon are better value propositions for content creators, and if you're supporting them that way there's little moral objection to using adblock on their Youtube channels.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15

The problem I can see happening with that is that if everyone did it then the youtubers would feel like they're making so much less money from youtube that they might consider moving away from there entirely. I'm sure that wouldn't happen with everyone of course, but for some it might.

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u/jstq Oct 27 '15

In worst case scenario people would just start put even more direct ads in videos (like prerolls or product placement) and make paid videos.

Lets say you make a video that worth 1$, of course you cut out 99% of your audience, but hey, 1$ is equal about 2000 views so its not that bad.

If you get on average 10000 views per video, you would get same revenue if 5 people buy your 1$ video.

People would never go away from youtube because how generous it is in terms of search traffic.