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So this allows free bypass of features that YouTube wants you to pay for via Premium subscription. Why is this acceptable for YouTube? Can we start building and publishing plugins that bypass paid subscriptions for other SaaS services here too? This is especially strange for music - music artists (in my experience) usually want you to pay for playing their music without video via subscription or by buying an album. T…
And so is adblocking.
What's your plan on possible user account terminations, if Google decides to act on their Terms Of Service? > YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube reasonably believes that its provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable. https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=GB&template=terms
I gave up.
What's your plan on possible user account terminations, if Google decides to act on their Terms Of Service? > YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube reasonably believes that its provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable. https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=GB&template=terms
They have clarified that this means they can terminate their services, not your accounts. However with recent balls ups it was easy to read it differently
What's your plan on possible user account terminations, if Google decides to act on their Terms Of Service? > YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube reasonably believes that its provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable. https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=GB&template=terms
They have clarified that this means they can terminate their services, not your accounts. However with recent balls ups it was easy to read it differently
> Terminations and Suspensions by YouTube for Cause
> YouTube may suspend or terminate your access, your Google account, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service
The question is why we still don't believe it even when it's written in black and white?
What's your plan on possible user account terminations, if Google decides to act on their Terms Of Service? > YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube reasonably believes that its provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable. https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=GB&template=terms
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does it hurt artists really? I imagine a lot of YouTube users use ad blockers anyways, so a lot of artists have switched to in-video paid promotions.
Absolutely. Source: I watch YouTube. In all seriousness you hear creators talking about collapsing revenues due to adblockers all the time. Bigger ones survive with tools like Patreon but if you're new with only a small fan base? ( Artists will always create content, but they will always need to eat too.
> Artists will always create content, but they will always need to eat too.
Start out as a hobby, then maybe it'll turn into a job. You just need more patience and less expectations instead of the instant gratification. Golden days are long over.