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    7 months ago

    youtube hosts, handles bandwidth, provides creator tools, deals with monetization, handles royalties, and creates the platform…

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      7 months ago

      That’s nice. Do they also create the content for the platform that is by far the most costly part of it? Or have they simply found a way to monetize content that does not belong to them?

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        7 months ago

        a) without youtube, creators wouldn’t have a platform b) they’re monetizing it to pay creators.

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          Does every single creator get paid for their work and the value that they add to the platform? Or does YouTube arbitrarily get to decide who gets a tiny piece of the revenue from the content that YouTube doesn’t own?