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I remember when YouTube used to be people that put out content they cared about, and getting a side check was a bonus... creators never put all their eggs in one basket. The ones that put in quality showed, and the ones that couldn't afford the high quality editing and or equipment definitely shined due to personality and enthusiasm. But as time went on, more and more got concerned about money and ad revenue. Today you see countless videos of creators upset about getting demonetized and not getting a paycheck for their time regardless of the quality of content. Especially ones that not only get paid monthly by patreon subscribers, but by sponsors as well... That's multiple sources of income off a 10+min video. Usually just barely over the mark. Then on YouTube's side they will demonitize videos from creators but will still show ads on some of them (not all to be fair but still none the less) basically denying a creator a chance to earn money but YouTube itself will still make money off that video. This looks bad and makes it seem like they want to restrict how much ad $ gets paid out. YouTube itself also restricted what and who is able to get monetized to the point that it's harder and harder for many individuals to be able to get paid. It's a two way street. Then you have multi million dollar corporations starting up and backing channels to advertise as well as get paid. Not necessarily a bad thing but competition is much harder for the average creator. Then there are the alleged personal and political motivations about what and who can put content out. When only the largest creators get a voice about what content can be put on a site like this is never a good idea especially when the content they want banned is critical of their own content. (Being critical does not equal bullying) Then there are allegations of content suppression based off of opposing political views. Everyone deserves to have a voice on this site as long as it's not threatening real violence or obvious hate. On the flip side this is a site where you can watch much entertainment for anyone as long as you know what you want to look for and it will eventually, usually quickly, will put more videos that fit what you like. There are many categories too... everything from movies, commentary, podcasts, video games, to music. It's got as much gold as it does septic tank waste. Comments are the same way, it's as uplifting and funny as it is downright insulting. It's basically turning into another version of twitter.