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I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off
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this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2026
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Every single youtube channel needs to start seeding torrents of their videos, and posting those links to other platforms (here, mastodon, etc).
Youtube / google could be defeated collectively if creators were to consistently do this, and interested people had the ability to help seed videos.
But a lot of YouTube channels get money through youtube
Most of the channels I know ask for donations via patreon or other funding platforms. I don't think youtube pays much except for maybe the top 1% of slop channels.
In most cases, not all that much. YouTube is mainly useful for getting views and building an audience. It’s a combination of revenue sources like sponsors, merchandise, donations, etc., that really make it worthwhile for creators.
I'm just so tired of the algorhythms. It's like being in a cage mentally.
I mean peer tube and similar exist. I think the majority of channels with over a 25k views, I don't think there's a consistant number anyone gets, but something like 100 bucks per 25k views or so is pretty common.
Peer tube uses webtorrents, which for many reasons haven't caught on. It's still mainly centralized nodes with massive hosting costs. Torrents are the fully decentralized answer.