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Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube

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321 points Helloworldboy | 3 comments | 17 Nov 17 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.452s | source
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relatedarea ◴[17 Nov 17 17:42 UTC] No.15724115[source]▶
I never watch youtube videos except for instruction videos and music videos. Why does google insist on going ads only rather than ALSO OFFERING pay per view?

I have the exact same gripe with facebook—their only viable method of supporting content is itself ruining the site. Both companies are just leaving money on the floor by committing entirely to a single (dying) revenue model.

This looks cool, but seems inherently untenable at actually getting the money to the content provider without the content provider working with this service.

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j_s ◴[17 Nov 17 17:46 UTC] No.15724147[source]▶
Are you not aware of Youtube Red?
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1. patrickaljord ◴[17 Nov 17 19:38 UTC] No.15725309[source]▶
US only.
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2. stevenwoo ◴[18 Nov 17 01:13 UTC] No.15727239[source]▶
That seems like Youtube is leaving a lot of money on the table, though I don't understand the issues behind not offering outside the USA.
3. detaro ◴[18 Nov 17 01:17 UTC] No.15727263[source]▶
Not strictly US only, but very limited availability, yes. There were some rumors it'd launch in parts of Europe this year, but that hasn't happened.