YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money | TechCrunch
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Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.
    • motruck@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      14 days ago

      Uh. No it wasn’t. Google footed the bill for years until they were able to make money on it. I’m not saying poor Google but to assume youtube would still exist without Google’s cash is very unlikely.

        • motruck@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I know. They bought YouTube and allowed it to grow for many years. The internet that it was Google being magnanimous but it was Google having a plan.