Whats the alternative to YouTube then? I get it, some people really don't like ads and especially do not like Google's data collection tactics. Whats the alternative then, in the YouTube model they need to pay the creator, pay for the associated costs of running the site and pay themselves. Lets not even go down the road that they already make so much money that they could play less ads or do xyz, I don't think that is a constructive argument.
I learned of an alternative recently, Nebula. One issue there is discovery, I consume a bit of youtube and had never heard of it before. The only reason I noticed it was Strange Parts mentioned it in his last episode and that he posted a new video there that will not show up on youtube for a bit. The first problem is discovery. YouTube is really great for content creators as they can get discovered with the massive amount of viewership.
The second problem is how much it pays. I tried to get a better idea of Nebula's model but this recent thread with the founder really did not answer the question for me. Felt like a redirection then just getting down into the economics of it. I would be curious what the actual per viewer income is between the two. We can immediately assume though that YouTube is paying more in total. They have the network with all the viewers.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nebula/comments/16qeup8/does_nebula...
At the end of the day I would happily use something else but imo there really is nothing else that exactly serves the purpose. The majority of content creators are on YouTube in some form with only a very minority that have totally left it and done their own thing.