YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

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    5 hours ago

    I recommend Peertube. There’s not much there yet, but myself and others are trying.

    Also, did you know you can upload your video to Peertube and have YouTube pull it via RSS? That’s what I’m doing!

    All of my stuff you’ll find on Peertube and I don’t have to do anything else to get it up on YouTube.

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        42 minutes ago

        Lots of people did it on YouTube for years. Even more on other platforms.

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        This is a terrible take, as most content creators I watch already cannot survive off of Youtube ad revenue and rely on third-party monetization, like Patreon subscriptions.

        Besides the fact that plenty of people make content for free, from the simple love of creating something.

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            I don’t think it had prerolls during the flash days but it had banner ads as far back as I can remember

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            Well, no. It’s been losing money for years. But I doubt this will make it profitable.