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Floatplane is Linus' smartest decision he's made. It's going to be needed.
Platforms like Floatplane, Nebula, Patreon etc make it so easy to support creators outside of YouTube, while also giving creators a larger share of income compared to Adsense.
There's YouTube Premium... but I don't think I'm alone in not wanting to give Google a single cent of my hard earned cash
I already have Pixel phones, they can already spy on me. No f'ing way I pay to remove enshitification. Also, they'll increase the price regularly anyway. If they want ppl to pay, they could just paywall the whole thing, well see who's left after that lol.
I've actually looked at these platforms as someone who has taken YouTube semi seriously in the past, and there are two major issues with them.
The first is, they don't allow just anyone to upload video, you must already be an established creator. Second, there is no free access for viewers, meaning someone isn't likely to share a link to your video with friends.
YouTube really does have a monopoly.
The problem with things like Patreon is that nobody with an average income can afford to pay "only 5 dollars per month, 10 for premium membership" for each channel and podcaster they have subscribed to. It makes more sense to rather pay a flat fee for one or two streaming services (in my case Nebula and YT Premium) than 30 Patreon memberships.
Let's hope he doesn't have access to any critical email account related to that service.
I'm out of the loop. What's that referencing?
Linus got phished out of his twitter account recently.
Respect where it's due. He owned it and was transparent so everyone can learn. Apparently he was at a pool party and just about to throw the burgers on the grill when he got an email that said his account was logged into from Turkey or Russia or someplace.
He panicked a bit, because of the last time his YouTube account was hacked he felt like acting quickly was the only thing that help it not be worse. I think he clicked the link in the email and "logged in" and boom. Got em.
Caught him at the right time and place and it all aligned to burn him.
That sucks. Thanks for the info.
Did he end up getting his account back?
Torvalds?
No. Of LTT
Sebatianalds
Van Pelt.