[Kosirich]

Does anyone care to explain why on earth they don't have the "donate" button underneath their Youtube videos considering the number people who (still) appreciate the quality of their reporting on certain topics? Is it because they get demonetized?

[dageshi]

I would guess because it simply wouldn't make a difference to their bottom line.

[jsemrau]

Zero will always be Zero. But their demise is not only a problem of 1 Billion in liabilities but also of not finding new revenue streams.

[prepend]

Probably because they are a for profit corporation, not a charity. So the same reason why there’s not a tip jar in your neurosurgeon’s office and no donate button on AP videos.

[Kosirich]

Neurosurgeon doesn't give his/hers content for free, Vice does. I would like to offer my token of appreciation through one or multiple "tips" when I encounter a FREE video I really liked, same way I do to some other content creators.

[prepend]

Vice shows ads. So does AP.

Vice’s business model doesn’t run on tips, it runs on ads and YouTube revenue split.

That’s nice that you want to tip a huge corporation but it seems that you are rare enough that Vice hasn’t found it meaningful enough to add a tip method.

Personally, seeing a tip jar on a “news” organization’s content would be about as welcome as seeing a tip dialog at my dentist office.