Most people don’t start making videos to make money. In the early Tube days there was no money.
Not anymore, people have jobs which take up at least 8 hours of their day, sleep another lets round it to 8 hours, then other responsibilities. Anyone who seriously want to make quality videos on a consistent schedule wants to make money and the end goal being to turn it into their job.
PeerTube only has 1 less avenue for monetization than YT, among dozens.
People on Youtube are much more easily able to make money and make a living. Most of it actually has nothing to do with Youtube other than the fact that Youtube provides them with a base of billions of potential viewers.
- AdSense which is hands down the worst of them.
- Sponsors allow people to decide who they are willing to show on their videos and makes people decent money especially bigger creators. That’s not going to happen on smaller platforms.
- Patrion this is probably the biggest one people are able to get consistent monthly income and make Youtube their full time job.
- Creator made subscription platforms. This is another big perk I pay for 2 curiosity stream and the history one.
No one is going to a platform thats “just for fun” because content quality will suffer and be less enjoyable for creators.