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Why haven't we figured out monetisation for peertube? (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The only real attempt at monetisation that I've seen is https://beetoons.tv/, but they use their own crypto - making it like Odysee. Why is that?

Edit: Please, before you answer consider this monetisation doesn't mean ads!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well if you don’t know how to operate a car, you should not drive

True, but you don't have to understand how an engine works in order to drive a car. Same goes for content creators. They don't have to understand how monetisation works to get started on youtube. It just happens.

If you’re a video creator who wants to make money with your videos, you should be knowledgeable about monetisation and video making. Don’t be lazy, it’s just your job.

Yeah, I disagree. Adding that barrier is exactly the attitude greybeard linux users have and why linux has the bad image it has. It shouldn't be necessary to be knowledgeable about everything in order to do something. Having a lower barrier for entry encourages use.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I would say that the comparison hit a wall here. It seems that there is nothing between pushing a button to get money and learning how peertube is coded and is working internally for you... To be fair to YouTube creators, pushing a button isn't enough to make you money in most cases.

There is 2 things here: 1_ you want to make and host video. 2_ you want to make videos and make money with it.

In case 1 you don't care about money, so there is no problem. In case 2 you want money, to me if you want money you should know how to make money with the tools you have (or use other tools if needed). I agree that with Peertube it's harder to move from case 1 to case 2 easily as it is with YouTube. But the main focus of YouTube in the last years is not sharing content but making money. As I was saying Peertube is a video host software not a tool to make money with videos. It isn't build with this goal set as the primary one.