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by whatshisface 1838 days ago
If you want to sell a script, you have Universal, WB, Netflix, I mean, I'm not in the industry, but it's a pretty long list. Every time another industry is brought up we quickly find that a person wanting to do business there has several major, practical routes to choose from. Wanting to make 12-60 minute videos for a living from a starting point of no budget or clout? YouTube is the only option. That's very strange from the perspective of every other industry or even other segments of the same industry. It's not normal for there to only be one business that you have any practical chance of succeeding with.

If it starts looking complicated, just take it back down to the specifics. If you are H3H3, you have no other options. You either do business with YouTube or do some other kind of business. That's the end of the story, and kind of weird, because there aren't any other absolute monopolies like that. For example, hosting a donate button is a practical alternative to Patreon.