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Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube

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321 points Helloworldboy | 2 comments | 17 Nov 17 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.501s | source
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guiomie ◴[17 Nov 17 15:33 UTC] No.15722732[source]▶
"It then displays it in the Brave Payments list, enabling the user to donate back on a monthly" ... So this will block ads on Youtube, and the creators will be compensated on donations? Does someone have a case-study on content/Youtube creators potentially making a living of donations? This seems like a bad business model: make creative videos and expect people to donate so you can feed yourself.
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013a ◴[17 Nov 17 16:16 UTC] No.15723255[source]▶
Creator produces content. I pay creator for content. Did you just suggest that the most traditional, direct business model ever created, value for value, is a "bad" one?

There are really only a couple problems: consumers have become accustomed to freeloading, and that there's no system in place to enable micropayments for content. Once we figure out a way to enable paying, let's say, $0.01 to watch a video or read a news article, the web will fundamentally change in a positive way.

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1. tree_of_item ◴[17 Nov 17 20:33 UTC] No.15725743[source]▶
> Creator produces content. I pay creator for content. Did you just suggest that the most traditional, direct business model ever created, value for value, is a "bad" one?

It isn't "value for value", it's a donation. The most traditional, direct business model ever created involves you not having the content until you pay.

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2. balakk ◴[18 Nov 17 11:49 UTC] No.15728663[source]▶
More precisely, a donation is voluntary, whereas in the direct business model payment is mandatory. Before or after, is just a contractual thing :)