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A Premium subscription is no longer enough. Now they want $3 a month per “membership” channel. (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/enshittification@lemmy.world
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[–] 67 points 3 months ago (1 child)

This is Youtube trying to eat Patreon's lunch, essentially.

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  • [–] 32 points 3 months ago

    A lot of creators are going to Patreon because they're smart enough to recognize that putting all eggs in the YouTube basket yields diminishing returns over time. Hopefully this doesn't change that.

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    • [–] 48 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I think this is for specific channels so they get more of the money, not for general ad removal like YT Red is.

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    • [–] 22 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Paid Youtube channel memberships have been around for years. I know starting 2022 or so up to 2024, Impact Wrestling had their weekly shows and monthly specials available through a paid channel membership in addition to through their own streaming service.

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    • [–] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    Let them invent subscriptions for everything so people start realizing that this is just a new way of extracting money. Capitalism is a damn pyramid scheme.

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