Oof.

I do not believe for a second that someone would refuse that quantity of advertising money

Who says he refused it?

Maybe he's lying. Who knows?

I mean Contra is lying.

Maybe.

What would he gain from that? That's such a random lie

In 2016 people were still complaining left right and center about the adpocalypse and everything

They moved to Patreon collectively

Because it would prop up an ideological narrative, while also scooping up that extra revenue.

Ok I choose to simply not go with that narrrative, it's too convenient

Much more likely Contra is telling the truth

Indeed.

But it would be hilarious if it was a lie.

There have been multiple reports of progressive YT'ers getting demonetized

I'm trying to find them

I can't find a way to deliniate between someone who had ads and someone who didn't without comparing youtube video's

I wonder when Sargon will get to 1 million subs, would be nice to see him do one of those livestream hangouts he used to do back in the days.

However, it would be a lie without any cost so long as no one leaked their financials to the public

Which would probably be illegal to do so...

Yeah. So it's only ever gonna be a thought exercise.

https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/6zwyyj/tim_pool_youtube_has_demonetized_left_wing/

Tim Pool is probably one of the most credible sources

Many of the channels where ads run on are not receiving any of the ad money, too

Interesting.

"Don't call it a grave. It's the future you chose."

This is bigger than just a cultural left-ride divide, it's old media dying and gasping for air

They're using their established influence and money that's left from their huge pockets to try to infiltrate modern media platforms like YT

There's been research on this, major news networks were pushed to trending almost 100x more often than independent channels that create far more popular content

This has been happening since Google bought YT

No surprise there, Google is itself the most established platform. It's literally Silicon Valley fighting the rise of the common man.

Of course eventually they'll lose because they don't have endlessly deep pockets. But for now they have the upper hand.

Right I did some manual testing in lieu of anything else and, not a single video popped up advertising.

So it would appear the claim is a true one

(why the fuck people would deny free money is beyond me)

There were old posts about prageru and shapiro appearing on Contra's video's but that could just be Youtube getting its pound of flesh...

Kek.

Still, it does go contray to everything known about the youtube algorythm currently. More adverts = more reccomenations, because that would make youtube more money...

I don't think Google sees YT as a money maker

They see it as an ideological platform first, moneymaker second. That, and they're still of the frankly ludicrous belief that the future of YouTube is in becoming part of hte MSM. Which it's not, by the way—it was the indies that made it a success in the first place,.