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RE: YouTube Unveils A Number Of New Product Tweaks
They need to find a way to keep advertisers happy and also the content creators who provide the material that makes the advertisers want to come around to the site in the first place.
That is a delicate rub between the two parties. I had not heard the full story of what was going on.
I can see both sides but it feels like YouTube is beginning to lose their edge as people desire censorship free options.
It will be interesting what happens with Steemit's YouTube style channel once it is launched. I have a feeling the Youtuber exodus to Steemit will only accelerate.
well i don't see it as censorship when Youtube allows them to still post their content, they aren't stopping them from posting their videos they just don't want to automatically include those videos in their advertiser $ program, and given the consent of the advertisers which should also be respected just as the content creators should, I could understand the issue on both sides. Their approach to choosing what gets monetized and what doesn't, doesn't really make much sense nor seem to be applied evenly. Seeing as it doesn't get applied fairly, I can understand why the content creators view the action as censorship. Waiting for steemitvid to takeover! :)
You're right, censorship is an odd word to use in this case - glad you added more detail here.
I know a lot of content creators were facing their first business crisis with the monetization changes. The language between the two parties would have more emotional triggers involved - to paraphrase what Clif High would say.
Come on SteemitVid!