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Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube

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321 points Helloworldboy | 5 comments | 17 Nov 17 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 1.137s | source
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Cthulhu_ ◴[17 Nov 17 15:36 UTC] No.15722757[source]▶
Yeah this isn't going to fly with Youtube itself, they're not going to host ad-free videos so that a 3rd party can take their nontrivial portion of the ad revenue.

Schemes like this are nice, but don't forget who pays for hosting, serving and promoting the content.

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alexanderstears ◴[17 Nov 17 16:43 UTC] No.15723534[source]▶
>so that a 3rd party can take their nontrivial portion of the ad revenue

The ad revenue is not the money at play here.

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1. glenstein ◴[17 Nov 17 17:55 UTC] No.15724242[source]▶
Not directly. But I think the (theoretical) ability to monetize videos in other ways unsticks creators from dependence on the youtube-controlled ad revenue mechanism.

Some youtubers are already incorporating podcast ads (Blue Apron, Naturebox, etc) into their videos. So while I'm dubious of any particular coin trying to add its own monetization layer on top of youtube, I think it's a special case of a general phenomenon that bears monitoring.

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2. chrisseaton ◴[17 Nov 17 18:26 UTC] No.15724575[source]▶
> Some youtubers are already incorporating podcast ads

I don't see what you mean by saying these are podcast ads?

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3. detaro ◴[17 Nov 17 18:30 UTC] No.15724633[source]▶
I think they mean that there's a set of companies that advertises a lot in various podcasts, and now ads for the same companies, in similar style, are in YouTube videos as well.

(E.g. if you are into photography or related areas, you're going to find Squarespace ads all over the place)

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4. cortesoft ◴[17 Nov 17 20:01 UTC] No.15725505{3}[source]▶
I don't care what you are into, you are going to find squarespace ads all over the place.
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