Message from @Reaps
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give us what youtube wont show us
i want my daily nazi pugs and i want the creator to make money
oh, i misunderstood you sorry
this isnt a well-developed idea but--
probationary subscription
if i click a video im unsubbed to i can watch 3 vids or ~15min content without subscribing OR that creator will occupy an empty slot in my inventory of channel slots
lets say i always buy more subscriptions in bulk, because thats the only way you sell them
so i buy 20-50 subs for $1-5 extra per month, and i spend them slowly, but if i watch a video from the same creator it would pull a spot for him until i maybe delete him to watch more white girls twerking
and just shoot me if that sounds like ass
have you studied business models?
No I haven't studied business models, but I've seen a few episodes of shark tank, so i'm basically an expert.
maybe you should hire a consultant 😄
I'm not looking to make this idea lol
youtube still isnt profitable to google
few people can afford to lose so much cash
I hope someone will rise to fill the gap and bring me daily ad-subsidized nazi pugs
I think if you give creators control over what content they place behind a paywall and what to just put out for free, then there they decide what is best for them. Kinda like how Crowder has mug club but he still puts out free content.
I think youtube could easily be profitable, which makes me curious as to why they are not
i dont think people at google are too bright
It may just be more complicated than we think
it is
always is
The only theory I can even consider at the moment is, as a component of a larger entity, they're using it as a lever to either manipulate larger markets, ensuring that they're indirectly funneling people into using more of their products, or they're using it in order to jump through various tax loopholes by having a company (or companies) under their umbrella that aren't, on the books at least, turning a profit
goog take a lot of blind stabs in the dark with new projects
they practically cancelled google glass before realizing people might like it for actual WORK.
kms
Well, they did hire someone five or so years back to reign in their silly spending
Then people were complaining they were paying them too much in order to do so 🤣
The thing is, youtube has a constant stream of videos being uploaded. A subscription based thing like we are talking about would more than likely only have serious creators who are looking to make money, not just random family vactions and cat videos. that is easier to make money off of than what youtube is now.
YT have min subscribers/views/watchtime to even monetize videos now
what about catering to a niche audience while growing the platform, then opening it up to general public once infrastructure is nice
Floatplane has some interesting ideas one might look at
It would probably start out with the people that got fucked over by youtube, and then who knows. you would really need to already have subscribers and a name for yourself to do well though, because the chances of people subscribing to you without knowing who you are is slim, especially if your videos are behind a paywall.
rich fucking cunt
Yeah and then others will want a platform with less rules/censorship, and more *modern* advertisers
I really think its a good idea to make creators pay for their files hosted
I dont think the model we are talking about will ever overthrow youtube though, unless youtube just goes under on it's own. It can be an alternative for controversial creators, but it probably wont have normies using it, which may not be a bad thing.
Whats your killer app
you need something like South Park basically
something nobody can get anywhere else. you may have to sign an exclusivity deal with some talented creators
unfortunately I don't know anything about computers, otherwise I would probably be working on something.
well do you know economics, or have a lot of investment capital, or know a lot of geeks and a couple richkids?