193
I'm DONE with Google - PewDiePie
(www.youtube.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2025
193 points (87.3% liked)
DeGoogle Yourself
12473 readers
64 users here now
A community for those that would like to get away from Google.
Here you may post anything related to DeGoogling, why we should do it or good software alternatives!
Rules
-
Be respectful even in disagreement
-
No advertising unless it is very relevent and justified. Do not do this excessively.
-
No low value posts / memes. We or you need to learn, or discuss something.
Related communities
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
Well, that was the first PewDiePie video I've ever watched...
Strange that he didn't mention leaving YouTube behind though!
It was like the first thing, he said he can't escape that. But pretty much everything else.
I imagine he's one who could ditch YouTube.
He could spin up his own PeerTube instance just for him to post to. Then tell everyone to follow him there and Mastodon. If only 20% of his audience does it, he'd still make out like a bandit.
Like, where exactly is the revenue stream there? I'm on peertube and that isn't paying off for me yet lol
Sponsorships, Ad reads, Product placement.
He doesn't need Google inserting ads, they pay pennies compared to other direct deals.
All of those venues wont be reaching out to you if you are not on YouTube or have enough reach on a different platform. I do hope content creators post on multiple platform but it is not reasonable to think that they can just flip a switch and start posting outside of YouTube.
Of course! Which is why I said 20% of his audience would need to switch with him. And obviously there would be a transition. Nobody said anything to suggest otherwise.
My point was more on the sponsorship rather than the transition. Even if you manage to move 20% of the audience, the sponsorship amount would be less than 20%. Most companies play it safe and allocate budget for proven marketing platforms and wouldn't be willing to put much on a new platform. So while it takes someone to switch platform and convince their audience, there wouldn't be adsense money or sponsorships with no guarantee they would even make 10% of what they used to make on YouTube. Most youtubers are after the money and if anyone is doing it as full time job, that would be an unreasonable request.