Randahl FinkSep 14, 2025

I feel extremely grateful today. In just 24 hours, my new video on the Ukraine war has had 9000 views.

I am not yet able to make a living on YouTube — far from it — but seeing the channel grow gives me a lot of hope for the future.

Thank you so much to everyone who shared, liked, and watched my content. You have made an important difference for me. ♥️

https://www.youtube.com/@randahlfink

Show threadHans van Zijst
@Randahl Fink I love your posts here on the Fedi, and I've seen a few of your videos.

But because I absolutely detest Google and their business model, I will never ever watch anything on YT directly, only through means that strip out all the surveillance crap and the ads.

I'd love to chip in, you do good work and it would only be reasonable that you get compensated for your time and work. But not through this parasitic company that earns a lot more money from your work than you, while at the same time screwing all your viewers over.

I don't have an easy solution for that, unfortunately. You could very easily publish your videos on PeerTube, which doesn't do any nasty Google stuff, but it also doesn't monetize your work.
Sep 14, 2025 at 8:38pmWeb
Show threadRandahl FinkSep 14, 2025

@hans I also publish to Patreon. They do not support 4K video yet, but it is still a great service that allows me to stay connected with paying supporters. If you are interested, I am right here:

http://patreon.com/Randahl