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The claim about 50% are only on purchases via the app store, and that Apple is taking 30%, while Rumble gets 20% - more reasonable, but still a ripoff. I am now going to be directing people to support via other methods.
Yeah, Apple is currently in the hot seat about that 30%, but the sad fact is that’s standard. Most of the ebook sellers take at least 30% of the sale price, and Amazon adds a “transfer fee” the vendor has to pay when the book is downloaded. If you have a book that sells a lot, that ends up being hundreds of dollars they pocket for no good reason.
Odysee is ok but nobody goes there either. People use YouTube because they have all the other content that people watch when they're not watching politics. That's a YT secret sauce.
Sadly, IMO there isn't a group big enough to make YT irrelevant, sadly. Our entire space is a fly speck to YouTube. Every big streamer in news basically adds up to a tiny sliver of the watch hours on YT, which is all they care about. Entertainment, kids, sports, they're now corporate media that many younger would-be cable viewers gravitated towards.
We kinda have to stay there and deal with it as long as they permit us to have a channel, 90-95% of our live traffic comes from there. We don't get more than a handful to Kick or Rumble or even Twitter - even when we do the QR code streams showing just the links on YouTube, not showing the live on YouTube.
Been hoping that Substack livestreaming could provide an alternative, but they've focused on mobile streaming vs desktop/production studio, and either way, that's just trading one VC funded, state aligned master for another.
The answer is self hosting, but it's like a tree falling in the forest. We need to first build the engaged audience to be able to take them where they can keep watching independent of a corporate platform.
You are the best and I appreciate how much you care, the support you give to us and other creators. If we had a million people like you, maybe we'd have a shot. That's a long way from where we are, and it feels like we've been divided more the past few years than any large group aligning and putting differences aside to take down the giants. The Republicans thought they were doing that - behind... Trump and Peter Thiel?
I think they take less than Rumble. Give the viewers a chance to be swayed away from YT and communicate with the viewers why it's important to contribute through alternatives. Give the audience and community more credit.
No idea what they pay- driving people there is a problem. The sad reality is 90% of people either use YT or want to. We need to condition people to contribute separately from the platforms
Wouldn't the fact Peter Thiel and J. D. Vance are major investors in Rumble give people a hint?
The claim about 50% are only on purchases via the app store, and that Apple is taking 30%, while Rumble gets 20% - more reasonable, but still a ripoff. I am now going to be directing people to support via other methods.
Yeah, Apple is currently in the hot seat about that 30%, but the sad fact is that’s standard. Most of the ebook sellers take at least 30% of the sale price, and Amazon adds a “transfer fee” the vendor has to pay when the book is downloaded. If you have a book that sells a lot, that ends up being hundreds of dollars they pocket for no good reason.
If a group of you decided to join forces and make YT irrelevant for valuable content you could.
Odysee is ok but nobody goes there either. People use YouTube because they have all the other content that people watch when they're not watching politics. That's a YT secret sauce.
Sadly, IMO there isn't a group big enough to make YT irrelevant, sadly. Our entire space is a fly speck to YouTube. Every big streamer in news basically adds up to a tiny sliver of the watch hours on YT, which is all they care about. Entertainment, kids, sports, they're now corporate media that many younger would-be cable viewers gravitated towards.
We kinda have to stay there and deal with it as long as they permit us to have a channel, 90-95% of our live traffic comes from there. We don't get more than a handful to Kick or Rumble or even Twitter - even when we do the QR code streams showing just the links on YouTube, not showing the live on YouTube.
Been hoping that Substack livestreaming could provide an alternative, but they've focused on mobile streaming vs desktop/production studio, and either way, that's just trading one VC funded, state aligned master for another.
The answer is self hosting, but it's like a tree falling in the forest. We need to first build the engaged audience to be able to take them where they can keep watching independent of a corporate platform.
You are the best and I appreciate how much you care, the support you give to us and other creators. If we had a million people like you, maybe we'd have a shot. That's a long way from where we are, and it feels like we've been divided more the past few years than any large group aligning and putting differences aside to take down the giants. The Republicans thought they were doing that - behind... Trump and Peter Thiel?
I think they take less than Rumble. Give the viewers a chance to be swayed away from YT and communicate with the viewers why it's important to contribute through alternatives. Give the audience and community more credit.
Is Odysee a viable option? Do we just need to direct traffic to the site?
No idea what they pay- driving people there is a problem. The sad reality is 90% of people either use YT or want to. We need to condition people to contribute separately from the platforms