Gaming YouTube is dying plain and simple

[Dominator211]

I have heard countless YouTubers ranging from 10+ million subscribers to as little as 100,000 youtube isnt as good as it used to be ad revune is down. i just dont even know what to say im just so sad

this is the video that literally made me cry....


the title is deceiving but he actually takes about youtube and the reason i cried is becuase google is crushing my dreams

 

[Abu_Senpai]

My biggest gripes with YT are:

1. The ads. I am fine with them putting up ads but at least allow us to skip them all the time! I mean i hate being forced to watch ads especially during a video.
2. The whole demonetising B.S

I think if YT continue the way they are, people will probably jump ship but i dont ever see that happening until YT has a good enough competition

 

[Chary]

It's been dying, though. It doesn't run a profit, ever. YouTube only ever loses money. However, despite it's tendency to hemorrhage money, Google/Alphabet keep it around, because of just how impactful it is. There's nothing like it on the internet. The way they're run is horrible, though, and despite the impossibility of it, I hope something else comes along to compete with it. Twitch already sort of draws people away, but it's not enough. Content creators and viewers both get screwed by the censorship/demonitizing/etc from Google, which is the most irksome part.

 

[Dominator211]

My biggest gripes with YT are:

1. The ads. I am fine with them putting up ads but at least allow us to skip them all the time! I mean i hate being forced to watch ads especially during a video.
2. The whole demonetising B.S

I think if YT continue the way they are, people will probably jump ship but i dont ever see that happening until YT has a good enough competition

Storyfire my dude tht is theonly ounce of hope i have left

 

[Depravo]

It helps to remember that Youtube is just a place for people to upload their home videos and not a premium television service.

 

[duffmmann]

My biggest gripes with YT are:

1. The ads. I am fine with them putting up ads but at least allow us to skip them all the time! I mean i hate being forced to watch ads especially during a video.
2. The whole demonetising B.S

I think if YT continue the way they are, people will probably jump ship but i dont ever see that happening until YT has a good enough competition

Bingo. Problem is there are now a ton of alternatives to Youtube, and even if some of them are better than Youtube, none of them quite have the presence that Youtube has simply because they weren't there first. As such, it seems to me that no single competitor to Youtube will ever be able to truly rise above the rest and become the platform that most youtube users decide to jump ship to.

 

[DinohScene]

Youtube back in '08 was better ;/

 

[neonliiight]

I miss the good old times.

 

[DarkGabbz]

I miss the good old times.

Yeah same.

 

[Pacheko17]

I've been using vid.me a lot lately, if I ever do start making any serious stuff, I'll definitely put it in there.

 

[Xanthe]

I think we can all blame the WSJ. YouTube was dying at a relatively slow pace, but ever since that fucking report by the WSJ, content creators haven't been anything but royally fucked in the ass by YouTube's new "kid-friendly" rules.

Jesus Christ. I don't wanna get started.

 

[Dominator211]

I think we can all blame the WSJ. YouTube was dying at a relatively slow pace, but ever since that fucking report by the WSJ, content creators haven't been anything but royally fucked in the ass by YouTube's new "kid-friendly" rules.

Jesus Christ. I don't wanna get started.

WSJ who or what is that

 

[Xanthe]

WSJ who or what is that

The Wall Street Journal. The people who set the fire ablaze to this ad-revenue crisis.

 

[Deleted-355425]

If there is no money in the pot to pay out with then where do they expect to get big money?!

 

[RustInPeace]

Youtube back in '08 was better ;/

Yeah...

 

[bennyman123abc]

Where has everyone been for the last 8 years? YouTube started dying when Minecraft hit the plate and that's all you saw on the front page.

 

[RustInPeace]

Where has everyone been for the last 8 years?.

Sleeping with MySpace.

 

[bennyman123abc]

Sleeping with MySpace.

LOL Ikr. #IUseMySpaceIn2017

 

[guisadop]

Good. Content creators are usually cancer anyway. Youtube paying for Youtubers to create content has only spread this further.

 

[Dominator211]

lets not get off topic here