• foggenbooty@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    How much do we need to pay though? Most content creators I see have their patreon around $7 CDN/mo. Add even a couple and you’re now at the cost of a streaming subscription with much more content. I would have no problem paying content creators if the fees were more reasonable, but right now I only subscribe to a couple.

    Should a creator’s patreon drop in price to $1 or $2 a month, or should the viewer pay a small fee per view? What new monetization system would make sense where the consumer doesn’t have an unaffordable pile of subscriptions, but the creators still get paid a fair rate for their effort?

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      2 days ago

      Nebula seems pretty cool, it’s basically a bunch of YouTubers mirroring their youtube content and making original videos for a paid streaming service with no ads. That’s one way of doing it

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        2 days ago

        LBRY was an interesting experiment but it ultimately relied on their shitcoin for the financial side.

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        2 days ago

        Yeah. I use Nebula and go out of my way to watch there whenever possible. The app isn’t great, but I still recommend it.

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      That $7/myth also likely involves 30% platform fee surcharges. If there were more Peertubes and similar federated or community-owned models the fee could lower as more money goes directly to the creators.

      If there was an easy solution more people would be doing it already. Just food for thought.

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        Some creators advertise Nebula, a paid-only service that is co-owned by the creators they host. Ethically and for viewing experience it’s one of the best ways to run such a platform but they will remain limited in size for several reasons.