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1. stig atle (stigatle@quitter.no)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2017 15:45:54 UTC stig atle
   Why do people think they are entitled to get money from youtube when they have videos there? Why do people act as if they have a 'right' to earn money? Youtube sensors, obviously, and if ad services chooses not to have ads on videos based on 'X' then they as ad company are free to do so.
   I cannot understand why people bitch about it, people are not entitled to get money from there.. I guess the content creators are just greedy, and too dependent on their youtube money to do something else. And there is not other place to get that cash the same way, so they bitch and complain.. That's the way I feel about it anyways..
   • stig atle (stigatle@quitter.no)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2017 17:44:33 UTC stig atle

     • The Original Master of Lies
     @shoju What I mean is that it's not a 'right' to get money for your videos uploaded to youtube. They are a company that can set the rules for what they want to put ads on.
     Why is it a problem if they decide not to let you earn money for video X?
     Is it a problem because money is expected? is it a problem because 'you' use a 'free' service and they set the rules? is it a problem because people would not make videos unless they get the revenue from ads?
     
     And to answer your question "Why should their content be given away for free", that's the thing, they do  not *have* to use youtube, but they do - because they expect to get money from what they upload. They could easily fire up their own webserver and host it there ad-free, but there is not any money in that, so no one does it, they just complain about youtube, and do nothing on their own end it seems. Complain about a free service not giving them money, feels like beggars on the street complaining about not getting money.
   • stig atle (stigatle@quitter.no)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2017 14:07:23 UTC stig atle

     • tekk
     @tekk Sorry for taking so long for a reply, I've been at work.
     So, I think there is one major difference, and that is that when using youtube you do not 'sell' the content at all, it's like painting pictures, take them to farmers market and show them to anyone for free, then farmers market puts ads next to the paintings they feel like they want to have ads on, and then you get paid from that.
   • stig atle (stigatle@quitter.no)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2017 14:09:18 UTC stig atle

     • tekk
     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     @lnxw48a1 @tekk I have not seen LBRY before, interesting idea.