I don't see/hear ads on YT or SC but I do run two ad blocking programs.I don't pay for pro accounts etc.
I don't monetize & don't have the option due to low play rates.
Recently a song I posted on YT run into the 1.6k plays range then suddenly stopped.
YT had randomly selected it to promote and attached ads. Just before it reached the limit at which they'd have to pay me some of the ad revenue they stopped promoting the song and moved onto someone else to repeat the process. This is a common occurrence across all platforms. They are all, in the end, using our "content" and data to make money - that is why they exist. Soundclick was okay for a while as was My Space. Eventually greed becomes unbridled and the platforms inevitably fade orcollapse. I'm not completely sanguine about it all: I don't use cloud storage or similar - except WeTransfer, with an absurdly short four days before link death, but again it's a freebie version and I don't want my stuff on there for long.

Last edited by rayc; 11/29/24 02:00 PM.

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rayc
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