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I wish that this risk encouraged people to migrate out of YouTube. Specially content creators. PeerTube could get a bit more people.
I'm going to seriously consider completely discontinuing watching YouTube if NewPipe stops working. I still like plenty of non-FLOSS oriented channels that will never even consider a FLOSS or open web solution, but I think I owe it to myself to not accept Google's bullshit, not even use it from the browser, with or without the adblock ban. Not to protest Google's actions because I don't care, but to uphold my own values and interests. I need to heed my own advice and extended rants about big tech.
I also think that I'll discontinue watching YT once this happens. I simply see no point spending my time in an advertisement-infested shithole, and yet that perfectly describes YouTube when accessed as Google/Alphabet "expects" you to.
Yeah. I have my Subscriptions feed as my default way of accessing YouTube, which combined with Youtube DF (Distraction free YT), which disables the sidebar of recommended content, means I will only watch the videos from the people I'm subscribed to.
How does Netu/Hqq do it?
Youtube pays content creators.
PeerTube costs content creators money.
There's plenty of content creators aware of the issue, which is why nebula, floatplane etc. exist, but those are subscription models which most people don't want to pay.
Sure, youtubes money is not all that creators get, see for example LinusTechTips 2020 numbers. But gutting your revenue by ~25% would hurt hard.
Especially when costs go up at the same time.
YouTube pays content creators poorly so most of them rely on direct sponsorship rather than YouTube rev share.
Also YouTube is a nightmare for content creators because you can have videos delisted for a few swear words and the process is random and unpredictable. They would benefit from more independence.
The content creators kinda did already - that's what Nebula is - any place the famous names move to would be one that includes some sort of payment system either on the video site or on Patreon.
I wish content creators learned at least one lesson from big tech. If it isn't what butters your bread steal from push that work to community where you can, leverage opensource so you customize where you need to quickly. The fact that Nebula, Floatplane, CuriousityStream, Dropout, etc are all eating engineering cost to attempt to complete against Google, Disney, Netflix, Fox, Etc is wild to me.
Ehh maybe I'm the moron and the special special sauce isn't the content but the slightly different video format and selection screen they are paying some third party to work for them (or building in house).