[Geojim]

Youtube should be paying us for watching ads

Take a 1M view clip on youtube, say 4 ads, $0.15/view; Revenue 600k, Creator: 3k

That's a money fire hydrant only a monopoly can have. Advertisers are desperate to reach consumers, and right now they have to go through Youtube. What Youtube is actually selling is our attention without paying us our cut.

That's why we end up with this false dilemma between being force fed ads, or paying a hefty subscription. Tbh google don't want you to buy a subscription, they make more off the ads. No wonder we're all pissed.

The vintage Google thing about this is right in the middle of anti-trust hearings they start this fight with ad blockers/consumers - are we really that dumb?