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minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoI do understand the appeal but I also quite like a lot of the smaller content creators and I think they deserve to get paid. Pirating from a corporation that makes several millions in profits is one thing, I’m not going to pick the pockets of my fellow man.
minus-squareInfiltrated_ad8271@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoEthically it is not so easy, you are also giving money to the evil google. The ideal is to donate directly, so they are not subject to youtube’s stingy payments or demonetizations.
I do understand the appeal but I also quite like a lot of the smaller content creators and I think they deserve to get paid.
Pirating from a corporation that makes several millions in profits is one thing, I’m not going to pick the pockets of my fellow man.
Ethically it is not so easy, you are also giving money to the evil google. The ideal is to donate directly, so they are not subject to youtube’s stingy payments or demonetizations.