• MoogleMaestro@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    To be fair, I think his point is pretty clear: No ad based content means potentially no more “influencers” or content creators, but with the up side that the internet would become healthier. He’s basically acknowledging that his whole job is sustained by a business model that’s not entirely healthy for the internet despite being entirely dependent on it.

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      1 year ago

      I am not sure how to interpret “no more influencers” as anything but the primary upside.

      Mostly that’s a joke, but to be clear I do acknowledge that the same model that supports ‘influencers’ which I don’t watch, also support creators that I do watch. On the other hand, most of the creators I care about already don’t rely on ads, but accept donations via Patreon or equivalent, so maybe it wouldn’t change anything after all!

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      1 year ago

      I do think that content creation would still continue but have to find alternate sources of income- many of which already exist for other mediums. Integrated ads will probably still exist, Patreon or similar systems will probably become more and more common, and I would assume any new spaces could also integrate something similar to Twitch Subscriptions or YouTube memberships.