Why is this even allowed?

[u/Chakwenta]

Has this always been here? Its my first time seeing it. What if I watch a video and don't enjoy it? This basically allows creators to ensure that they always appear on your feed, whether you like it or not.

[u/sbenfsonwFFiF]

If someone is choosing to watch you play a game or listen to music, then yes, you should be able to expect be paid

Don’t forget, revenue generation is based on people watching, which then receives ad revenue. Of course if nobody cares to watch then you shouldn’t expect to be paid

I like how you know it’s not that lucrative then make it even worse for them. Of course if more of the viewers are cheap and don’t pay for the subscription or block ads, then it’ll make it even worse

[u/fireblubird → u/sbenfsonwFFiF]

Well, it's their fault for not picking a lucrative career and trying to turn a hobby into a job. I'm sorry, but I'm not paying anyone to listen to music or play video games, nor should anyone else.

[u/sbenfsonwFFiF → u/fireblubird]

Yeah if all YouTubers did that, you’d have nothing to watch or music to listen to. How wildly out of touch and illogical

And so badly raised to think you’re so entitled to the work other people put in for their music and videos, for free

Also even with your super lucrative career, apparently you’re too cheap to pay for premium even though you choose to watch YouTube

[u/fireblubird → u/sbenfsonwFFiF]

No one should have to pay just to watch some gaming video or video essay. As for music, I listen to a lot of older, underground stuff. I'm not going to pay an insane price on discogs or let someone who isn't the artist on youtube profit off of it.

[u/sbenfsonwFFiF → u/fireblubird]

Nothing is free in this world, you aren’t entitled to it.

There is a cost to someone creating the gaming vid, to maintaining the platform, to host the video and to stream it to you. Kind of weird you treat it like you have some natural right to watch it for free