“I have made a total of … ~148 EUR from Youtube ad revenue”
From 173,000 views
From 173,000 views
Just not showing content when there isn't enough adds available surely would drive away watchers. And the advertisers are already bidding. Certain types of content get higher pay.
And the video makers and article writers can already contact advertisers and ask for whatever price they want.
But then you'd probably not get any of the benefits of being on the YouTube platform (discoverability, advertisers already on board, targeting etc), so it starts to make more sense when you consider what the platform is giving you for "free".
It would be similarly ridiculous if all apps in the App Store were free and you were paid some small amount per app-invocation that you had no control over.
> and my content went viral several times
Clearly there is misunderstanding of the platform, its scale, and how to use it if you are seeing this as viral.
That said he seems to be off to a good start. It’s just a slog to get going unless you are going to go truly viral with shorts but that won’t happen with topics like software, etc
173k views though... wouldn't have been viral since at least 2008.