I can understand that. As far as I usually hear from the bigger creators in their videos, at least on YouTube, they are still subject to “ad friendliness” guidelines in their work to enable them to get ad reads and for ad placements.
To me, that still means their work is being perverted and held hostage by marketers so they’d definitely benefit from direct funding from their fans, at least in terms of freedom of expression and authenticity in their work.
If we’re talking about escaping the “enshittification” of the internet, we’re talking at least in part about escaping advertising and tracking.
With that in mind, there wouldn’t be $50,000USD ad read payouts; direct fan-to-creator patronage is (right now) and would be the best way to support creators you respect and appreciate.
I can understand that. As far as I usually hear from the bigger creators in their videos, at least on YouTube, they are still subject to “ad friendliness” guidelines in their work to enable them to get ad reads and for ad placements.
To me, that still means their work is being perverted and held hostage by marketers so they’d definitely benefit from direct funding from their fans, at least in terms of freedom of expression and authenticity in their work.
If we’re talking about escaping the “enshittification” of the internet, we’re talking at least in part about escaping advertising and tracking.
With that in mind, there wouldn’t be $50,000USD ad read payouts; direct fan-to-creator patronage is (right now) and would be the best way to support creators you respect and appreciate.