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A lot of Youtube channels are reporting declining viewership lately.

EX1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cpVnx4_yqTo
EX2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0tmhEtVJE

Fun times. Looks like a lot of channels are seeing a decline not just Linus. Hes just the latest to talk about it.

Then I saw this article as well and thought I would share.

Anyone here youtube creators? Are you seeing the same thing, a general downturn in viewership?

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[–] humanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.su -1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

I didn’t mind paying a fiver but had to do it via the moon to get it cheap but now they have stopped that.

Useful idiot mentality. They're charging you that money to maximize profit, not because it's necessary to provide the service.

Your "fivers" are paying for their nicer campuses, executive bonuses, and lavish business trips/vacations. Analysts also use it as an excuse to charge more, since the data shows that people like you are "happy/proud" to get ripped off.

I wish proles were smarter and a bit more mean so they could better recognize how they're being taken advantage of and how often they support their oppressors.

Too many of you go along with getting taken for a ride because you want to fit in and avoid conflict. Businessmen take advantage of that mentality every day.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 hours ago

Yes, large scale video hosting is notoriously free to provide.

YouTube the service absolutely has a cost to it. It’s been born by the owners at first and then people who watch ads. It got profitable when they started showing more ads. Premium is a way to get out of watching ads. You and I use adblockers and it’s fine but if a significant share of people did, the cost for paying users would have to keep increasing.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It must be exhausting being this way.

[–] humanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.su 0 points 6 hours ago

Ignorance is bliss, I tell ya h'wat.