Husker83
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Not that it matters, as YouTube blasts the loudest, most panic-inducing bullshit ads in every video now! All the ASMR creators are pissed because they never said OK to ads on their videos and aren't even getting ad revenue in many cases, but have people telling them there are ads. Sometimes a 30 minute video will play, end, then 10 seconds later a screaming ad will come on and wake me up. I already have anxiety for crying out loud! Some startle me so bad I start to have an attack. Some videos even have one at the beginning, somewhere in the middle, interrupting the creator mid-sentence, and one more at the end. Artists who work hard to check levels, get the ideal balance, set the tone, use low light and dark colors so the screen is dim, and all that are having the entire point ruined by YouTube, which in addition to that took a huge chunk of their income away. I think Maria said 30-40% of her annual income was cut so they run MORE ads and creators are paid less, plus the algorithm rewards shorter, but more frequent videos, punishing those creating weekly long-format content that takes days to make. Of course it's a way to force you pay for YT Plus or whatever it is, giving Google more $ while not helping your creators any more than YT free.