Youtube treats creators pretty well, from what I can tell.
It's just that 'influencers' like nothing more than to complain.
Admittedly, Twitch is a clusterfuck though.
It's just that 'influencers' like nothing more than to complain.
Admittedly, Twitch is a clusterfuck though.
YT is not friendly to creators, for the same reason Twitch is not friendly to creators: advertisers hate what people want to watch.
Even Patreon, where people pay rather than watch ads, repeatedly runs into issues with creators because of pay schedules, amounts, percent cuts, platform features, and more.
If its someone else's platform, creators don't win.
Also, creators on a platform that grew its original userbase through piracy and media re-mixes with little or no content-policing now have to be extremely careful about even very clear-cut fair-use of commercial media, or risk losing one of their copyright strikes (as in, three strikes and you're out—that is, we kill your business). It makes their videos worse—so, it's also bad for viewers—and causes them stress.
Monetization is a big part of this problem. It is possible for something to be fair use and commercialized, but once you've commercialized it you're fighting an uphill battle to claim fair use.
This seems like such a stupid, pointless effort. Instead of pentesting to find exactly where the line is so you can toe it perfectly, why not... just stay far away from the line and stop swearing. Wouldn't that be much less effort and less risk?