• @non_burglar@lemmy.world
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    789 days ago

    YouTube restored the video, but not until Jeff had made a huge stink about it (and rightfully so, those yt fuckers can eat a dick).

    • melroy
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      149 days ago

      I hate youtube so much. When are they moving all to freetube peertube or something? How long do we all accept Google youtube?

      • Buelldozer
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        129 days ago

        When are they moving all to freetube or something?

        Unless I’m missing something Freetube is a client. So it wouldn’t be Jeff moving to freetube it would be you using freetube to watch his content on YT.

        I’m guessing you meant peertube instead of freetube and your answer there is “When they can get paid.” Making content takes time and costs money and YT pays creators like Jeff for doing it.

        I dislike YT alot but there’s financial decisions at play here that can’t really be argued with.

        • ada
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          28 days ago

          It’s not one or the other though. Peertube with patreon can exist alongside YouTube

          • @stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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            17 days ago

            Patreon is just one source of income. Ad revenue is another. Its good to have more than one source if you wanna make a living with it.

                • ada
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                  17 days ago

                  It’s possible to post unlisted videos that are only visible to folk with the URL.

                  Its good for folk who want to give their subscribers early access

        • melroy
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          -28 days ago

          Ah yes peertube. There it goes wrong already. The name is too much alike.

      • @non_burglar@lemmy.world
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        129 days ago

        They’re the 800lb gorilla, and no other platform can create “youtuber” income, so it’s a real problem for people like Jeff Geerling to move from yt, even if they know it’s bad, because it’s a major part or all of their income.

    • irotsoma
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      99 days ago

      Yeah, and it was a one off restore, so others who are mentioning self hosting will still be taken down as long as that policy remains.

      • @non_burglar@lemmy.world
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        48 days ago

        I agree.

        I will add, however, that Jeff’s main concern isn’t the policy itself, but that he and other youtubers can’t see it or know what the rules are. The lack of transparency is the real issue.