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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8903381" data-attributes="member: 7006">Look at it this way... there are hundreds of thousands of people who are making a living and have a full career right now due to social media platforms-- YouTube, Twitch, TikTok etc.&nbsp; And 99% of these people would most likely NOT be able to make their livings right now doing this kind of stuff in this sphere if these social media platforms didn't exist.&nbsp; Make money playing video games all day?&nbsp; Not unless you were one of the few working as a QA tester.So all these people have hitched their wagon to these social media sites, and all of them think that their ability to do so is seemingly irrevocable-- because they cannot foresee a reason why these social media outlets would stop doing what they are doing.&nbsp; Especially with these sites making more money hand over fist because of all these people working within their systems.&nbsp; All of these creators have made YouTube the 800 lb gorilla of video broadcasting, who in turn have made these creators more money they otherwise would have made outside the YouTube sphere.But just because none of us can see a reason why YouTube might change their payment structures on money handed out to creators... doesn't mean at some point Alphabet and Google won't.&nbsp; And if that happens... yes, a whole bunch of YouTube people will be up ship's creek without a paddle too, just like the OGL folks are.&nbsp; But isn't this truly a &quot;Let The Buyer Beware&quot; situation?&nbsp; When you get into YouTube or publishing game supplements for Dungeons &amp; Dragons (because they are both the easiest, fastest, and most successful methods for making money and having a career)... you are knowingly putting yourself into the hands of YouTube or Wizards of the Coast for your livelihood (for all the good and ill that comes with it). You've hitched your wagon to them and thus are stuck having to go along with whatever archaic decisions these companies ultimately go with... because the alternative is not hitching your wagon, but also not having a career in the first place that you ultimately might lose somewhere down the line.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8903381, member: 7006"] Look at it this way... there are hundreds of thousands of people who are making a living and have a full career right now due to social media platforms-- YouTube, Twitch, TikTok etc. And 99% of these people would most likely NOT be able to make their livings right now doing this kind of stuff in this sphere if these social media platforms didn't exist. Make money playing video games all day? Not unless you were one of the few working as a QA tester. So all these people have hitched their wagon to these social media sites, and all of them think that their ability to do so is seemingly irrevocable-- because they cannot foresee a reason why these social media outlets would stop doing what they are doing. Especially with these sites making more money hand over fist [I]because[/I] of all these people working within their systems. All of these creators have made YouTube the 800 lb gorilla of video broadcasting, who in turn have made these creators more money they otherwise would have made outside the YouTube sphere. But just because none of us can see a reason why YouTube might change their payment structures on money handed out to creators... doesn't mean at some point Alphabet and Google won't. And if that happens... yes, a whole bunch of YouTube people will be up ship's creek without a paddle too, just like the OGL folks are. But isn't this truly a "Let The Buyer Beware" situation? When you get into YouTube or publishing game supplements for Dungeons & Dragons (because they are both the easiest, fastest, and most successful methods for making money and having a career)... you are knowingly putting yourself into the hands of YouTube or Wizards of the Coast for your livelihood (for all the good and ill that comes with it). You've hitched your wagon to them and thus are stuck having to go along with whatever archaic decisions these companies ultimately go with... because the alternative is [I]not[/I] hitching your wagon, but also [I]not[/I] having a career in the first place that you ultimately might lose somewhere down the line. [/QUOTE]

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