Making money on merch/patreon can only happen once your channel is established though. Until then, YouTube creators are dependent on ad revenue to keep them going, and probably operate at a loss until they reach the point where they can supplement that ad revenue. Trying to get yourself established on a platform that doesn’t offer any ad revenue is a much harder sell.
Most creators on YouTube make their main money from patreon/merch anyway. No reason you can’t do that on peertube.
Making money on merch/patreon can only happen once your channel is established though. Until then, YouTube creators are dependent on ad revenue to keep them going, and probably operate at a loss until they reach the point where they can supplement that ad revenue. Trying to get yourself established on a platform that doesn’t offer any ad revenue is a much harder sell.
As much as I like federation, stuff like nebula seems like a better solution.
The issue is that nebula doesn’t offer the community aspect that YouTube offers
Yeah I have a subscription there. I recommend it.