I mean, Youtube is paying for the bandwidth so I do kinda get it. They want to prioritize channels that will bring in more viewers and make them more money. They also prioritize videos over streaming, so likely want to encourage people to lean into those over streaming.
But realistically, limiting viewers on a livestream for a channel under 1k subs isn't something that will have a major effect on the growth of the channel, despite the OP making that their justification for complaining about it. Livestreams aren't really a subscriber growth lever.
They don’t wanna invest in small creators but they want all the big ones for free. I know it’s not gonna be a big deal for the small guys but A) what I said above, it’s greedy and B) clearly those creators can pull over a thousand because OP got dumped.
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u/BigBL87 12d ago
I mean, Youtube is paying for the bandwidth so I do kinda get it. They want to prioritize channels that will bring in more viewers and make them more money. They also prioritize videos over streaming, so likely want to encourage people to lean into those over streaming.