@jerzone @lfisk As a YouTube creator who has two "monetized" channels, I can tell you that it takes an awful lot of views to generate a decent amount of revenue. If there's a channel that you like, consider using a donate feature they might include in their video descriptions to send them a few dollars. You could also use super thanks features inside YouTube, but then YouTube gets a cut of the money, too. Ditto for memberships.
I haven't tried those out yet. Been a patreon for a handful of channels over the years, but that fluctuates.
@jerzone @lfisk I had memberships on my helicopter channel for a while but all that really did for me was turn video creation into a JOB. All of a sudden, I had to produce because they were people paying me to produce. It took all the fun out of it.
For a while, the channel was making really good money and I still get new subscribers on it. But despite the effort I put into it, revenue dropped off dramatically. I basically quit it.
@mlanger esrly 2000’s I was making decent money off a couple blogs: a few ads and some affiliate links. But it kept getting worse, less money and weird ads, and me losing interest in trying to figure it out when I had a real job.
@jerzone The weird ads really turned me off. I stopped putting ads on my blog about 15 years ago.