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I posted some ground school videos years ago when YouTube only allowed 10 minutes of video and they were monetized making around $100 every 3 months. YouTube is keeping that money now and even though it is a small amount I feel it is unfair. I can see how this woman became really angry. There is no alternative source to monetize videos other then YouTube and now the only way you can earn an income from it is to have a huge following.

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Right, I think they said your content isn't monetized unless you have over 10k subscribers and X number of uploaded videos. This makes it hard to make money off of your cat, for example, as people click and share but don't subscribe. It's also harder to have a stream of these viral videos.

It's kind of sad that it went this way but I think it can open opportunities for alternatives to youtube.

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