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WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron (i.ytimg.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/c/technology/p/377579/wtf-just-happened-the-corrupt-memory-industry-micron

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[–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Couldn't they do both YouTube and another means of distribution?

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    It would most likely still mean less engagement overall. YouTube recommendations are strongly based on interactions and momentum. If part of your core fanbase watches & interacts on other platforms, you're recommended to fewer people outside your fanbase, so over time your viewership shrinks.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago*

    Unless they're getting paid directly, like through something like Nebula or their own service like a Dropout or Viva sort of thing, why wouldn't they want their views to be somewhere that drives more meaningful numbers? Peertube isn't going to bring them new users, and from what I've seen a lot of what's on peertube seems to just be unauthorized reposts that pull away views.

    Like, if I enjoy a creator who's on YouTube, I'm not going to watch their stuff somewhere that doesn't give them any meaningful recognition. Something like Patreon is great, but driving up their numbers on Peertube isn't going to bring them to a wider audience the way driving up their engagement on YouTube would, and those numbers bring more people to their Patreon.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Why do work for free. Are you willing to pay for it? Or do you work for free?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    FWIW, I do subscribe/scheduled donate to media sources (news/tech) and some YT content (not GN, because of the aforementioned preference for text, I only watch some of their videos).

    Should GN move to PeerTube, I would consider a scheduled donation subscription purely to help kickstart the ecosystem.

    I strongly believe that subscriptions/scheduled donation are the best way forward for media. Simple focus on sources that one uses regularly (more than once a week).

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