Originally Posted by
jbjb
Every single slot video on YouTube is highly edited. These people are the same slot losers you see in casinos every day. Many of them even beg for donations for their addiction on sites like Patreon.
Smells like disdain with a heaping side of jealousy to me.
Homeboy has 24,000+ views on that video, so apparently people like watching what he is doing. If he's delivering the sort of entertainment that would justify 24K views, then why not request compensation for it? It's no different than people who do reviews of movies, sports, wrestling, video games or anything else having a Patreon page. Most importantly, Patreon is a mechanism by which people donate to whoever they want if they like the videos enough that they feel like they should do so. It's not like those cable channels that people are charged for (because of bundle packages) that they never watch, but pay for anyway.
If he can make back his expected losses (and maybe even some over and above) by putting his videos on Youtube and gaining followers and Patreon subscribers, I say, "Good for him!" Even if he can't, it's his money and the money of the people who donate to him, so what do you care what he does with it or what his backers do with it?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Patreon guy. There's enough on Youtube that I can watch for free that I'm not going to start effectively paying for stuff until I can't find anything to watch anymore. As it is, I watch Youtube WAY MORE than I should, so I'm having no issues with not enough free content.