I agree. On the YouTube point, one of the creators I like recently got demonetized temporarily and he's big enough that he has an employee. It's completely fucked him and he's unsure of the future. Yet he isnt posting to even Rumble. I don't do that work, so I'm armchair quarterbacking, but why not at least give people a way to monetize you outside of YT? Especially when they turned the faucet off completely. Shit like this is totally self-inflicted at this point. I told him I would open a Rumble link or send sats if he added it to his videos. Mentioned Nostr too. Crickets. A lot of people aren't even trying to escape the bullshit. They just complain and then do nothing. I can't really fix that. But I see that issue a lot
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Yeah that does sound troubling, I’m trying to think of other parallels in history… I can’t really. Building a following with one company like that makes you less than an employee of that company. At least employees have some sort of rights. The only option I think with YouTube is getting fully legal with them, not exactly easy for a 2 person outfit.
I’ve a couple of friends in that world and they think I’m the crazy one… well they have a point there but still, I don’t get why anyone would want to sing and dance for a big corp like that, especially how easily they can rug you.