If you’ve been living a rock you may not have heard of Youtube’s Ad-pocalypse but the short story is that it is becoming harder to make a living relying solely on Youtube’s adsense revenue.
I know youtube likes it’s drama but damn!
Some people are already taking action.
But Patreon isn’t for everyone and may want something more tangible for their money.
Enter Floatplane Media, since the death of Vessel their have been whispers and an alpha(?) of floatplane club, LMG’s paid early access platform for content.
###But there has been an update, they are Hiring!
They have spilled the beans and developing a platform for content delivery not just for them (LMG) but for other creators as well! So they are on the path to decoupling from youtube’s adsense and general shady youtube practices, great right?
So I’m going to take a stroll down memory lane real quick, remember when you first started surfing the web and had all your favorite sites to watch or read different things? Now we’ve seen a massive consolidation all converging on youtube and now we see the cracks. Advertisers are spooked the people calling the shots at youtube are taking a fucking hatchet to the problem (if there is one) to appease advertisers.
How about when there was a scare about youtube cracking down on integrated prerolls, one of Linus’ specialties. It has become increasingly clear that youtube only has securing it’s profits in mind.
###4/21 WAN Show goes here EDIT: it’s here!
Linus and Luke go into great detail about what Floatplane Media is supposed to be, will add it once it’s on youtube.
##Congratulations
You’ve made it to the end of this rambling and disorderly post!
- What are your thoughts on this as a youtube alternative/ supplement? join me!
- Want to talk about the technical side of delivering high quality content? I know nothing of the technical side, please enlighten me!
- Want to bash Linus as [Insert corp. here] shill? Go somewhere else, seriously.
With all the goings on with youtube and content creators losing money I hope this is a success and benefits both creators and viewers alike.
Shameless @wendell, would you host videos on Floatplane Media as it stands as a concept or do you plead the 5th?