bundie6d ago

Men are ditching TV for YouTube as AI usage and social media fatigue grow

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-and-attitudes/media-habits-adults/passive-social-media-use-ai-companionship-and-online-side-hustles-uk-adults-media-and-online-lives-revealed

Show threadseydor
Youtube charges $10 per month and doesn't produce a single video. It's an amazing money maker for them and the only media subscription i pay for (to avoid ads on TVs). They should quit it with the Shorts though, nobody likes those
Apr 2 at 11:15amWeb
Show threadhalflings5d ago

> Youtube charges $10 per month and doesn't produce a single video

It is different from Netflix (that pays upfront for production costs), but there's of course a revenue share + the bulk of the revenue for creators is actually from sponsorships (which YT doesn't take a share of).

Show thread0x80h5d ago

They get paid to display ads, and they get paid to hide ads. What a fantastic business model.

I'm also in the same bucket, happy to pay my subscription.

Show threadjaapz5d ago

I used to be vehemently opposed to shorts, but with recommendations disabled it is tolerable, because only shorts from people I subscribe to are in there.

The only reason I really watch shorts is because Vsauce started using them a lot, and his content is definitely worth a watch every time in any format.

Show threadMagicMoonlight5d ago
And they steal all the content for AI training. You couldn't buy their archive for all the money in the world.