Warning: more research/perspective needed, but want to bring it up
probably more disorganized thoughts than a well-thought out information article
2023-01-14
Saw video in subscription feed:
Video: "Don't sign Youtube's new money-stealing TOS before watching this!" by Louis Rossmann
made curious, went to youtube "studio" page
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| New YTPP terms (⬆️ Right click > Open in new tab ⬆️) Plain text version of updated terms |
- Is YouTube giving themselves too much power again?
- Power to withhold money like this, unfair/inconsistent enforcement of policies become worse? Financial censorship? (esp. non-mainstream news/opinions)
- No time limit on when "charge back" happens, error or not?
- Would accepting this mean saying "yes, I'm ok with this, I will enable this behavior"?
- Making videos for advertisers, not people anymore? Extent of business?
- Did YouTube reach out to creators for their opinion? (don't know)
- Was fine with YouTube taking their 45% cut of the ad money on the channel, now they might get 0% (excluding copyright claimed videos)
- Are the smaller creators getting the short end again?
- Not sure about remaining partner, was just a bonus anyway. Maybe not worth trouble, just use alternate funding method but need to research, need neutral/decent payment processor too (not paypal).
- Whatever happens, want do made good video without the thought of catering to advertisers (want the video more organic, less constrained by red tape things). This will happen regardless of whatever YouTube wants to do with their platform.
- Consistent video schedule so far out of the question, minimum some donation thing (not restricted to recurring payment), no obligation to pay/pay regularly, even watching not monetized video is big
- Regardless of funding amount, make videos probably at slow rate (hard to tell but so far shown slow)
- Diversify revenue, use other skills like music or art, put up donation link wherever
- Keep all videos saved just in case, keep alternatives in mind (even though YouTube is very big)
- YouTube fails: copyright something, unfair stuff again, creative suppression, etc.
- Channels removed: copyright or something? if and when politics?
What now? Figuring stuff out. Seeing own capacity. Trying to resist complacency, such as questioning these terms for monetization, compliance may mean bad consequences for all creators in future.
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Shoutout to Louis Rossmann for reading the terms and making a video.
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