Lotta folks are gonna have to change their majors too :)

Thanks for clarifying. I remember when Google had a motto of 'Do No Evil".

However, Google/YouTube has been censoring content for quite sometime now and mostly for political leaning reasons and not because the content was against their guidelines. The platform has an agenda to follow. I do not wish for a North Korean Style Online Platforms. Freedom of speech, which we enjoy here thank you, is the cornerstone of our political system and once arbitrary rules decide whose voice will be heard than dissent is censored forever.

And that is entirely my fault...for what was to be just a PSA.

I grabbed a nearest convenient articular to describe the potential ramifications to many small creators/customers/viewers.

That does not leave out anything else, though.

What about all the youtubers who embrace "#VanLife" ? Are they going to have to sell the van, and work in a factory ?

If it is information coming out of Google, I have no doubt it is self serving.

In other news, water is wet - film at 11!

News flash: companies act in their own interests!

I was just watching some documentaries about Planned Parenthood.
(probably the ones which cost the director a $800k court judgement)

Youtube let me watch the first two episodes(baby parts and all).

Then on the third...
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1. Now that they've achieved majority market-share and dependency, I'm wondering if YT will become 'sign-in only' so they can track and sell individual viewer ad profiles like Facebook does?
When combined with Android, Nest, and other interlinked products, the company's ability to control and steer a person's complete online experience throughout the day would be complete. From start to finish.

It would be like 1995 AOL's own portal to the AOL Guided Web Experience(tm) all over again.
They provide everything and block what 'you are not supposed to see'.

2. Or will YT become 'subscription only' for full monetization?
That might create an outgoing flood.
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Also dubious about the veracity of it, so what is the point of quoting Google about anything regarding Google.

It is known they lie about censoring content, among other things.

Seems like the market is ripe for a youtube alternative.

Many of these new-fangled careers earn more money in a month than most people here made in an entire lifetime.

I'm switching over to metube...

Moot point. You pretty much have to be a clueless hermit today to not have a Google account.
Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Keep, Google Groups, Google News, Google Maps, Google Gmail, Google Calendar, Google YouTube, etc.
Full integration across all devices, and with your mobile phone.
Literally thousands of dollars of software in exchange for a few (blocked) ads. LOL.

I’d like to see a crack down on “influencers.”

"Influencers" are the Pied Pipers for the lonely eager eyeballs waiting for that next twitch.
Easy advertisement prey there.

Those shouldn't fall under the stated monetary goals, unless something else is involved.

Cripes. Ten years ago I watched a vid on Charles Whitman and the Austin clocktower killings. It included info on Whitman getting killed and the second cop had a shotgun. I immediately started receiving ads on Rhino shotgun shells. I mean pop-ups on subsequent YouTube vids.

Not sure what "a few (blocked) ads" means.............but we are owned. Edit: I can still watch my Neil Degrass Tyson and Kubrick vids.

Assimilation ain't that bad.

The third was age restricted. I bet someone(s) complained about this or that.

Terms of service change - I see that daily.

Those instances are extremely rare. According to several sources, YouTube content makers earn anywhere between $3 and $10 per 1K views, although that can be higher or lower in some cases. The average salary of a YouTuber with a million subscribers is around $57K per year.

It's actually an interesting dynamic. Youtubers who are good/funny/have hot-chicks-working-on-cars-in-shorts tend to get a lot of eyeballs. Tyler Hoover, who does Hoovie's Garage, is an example of an entertaining guy who has a lot of views and has a lot of subscribers. I don't know how well he's doing financially from it (he's also a writer for Autotrader), but he gets a lot of ad content delivered to me. I'll bet he generates a lot of revenue for google, but doesn't get paid what he is worth. He could bail, but his income stream would evaporate. So he takes what they are willing to give him. It is, after all, their sandbox he's playing in.

I think we should check with Wesley Mouch, he is generally right about these matters.