YouTube is Trying to Create a Two-Tier Platform, But Creators Still Hold the Cards

The platform continues to care little about its creators — and keeps testing how far it can change things without consultation

Chris Stokel-Walker
FFWD
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4 min readSep 23, 2019

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Pity YouTube’s PR team as the platform bungled another big announcement last week. Within a matter of hours…

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Chris Stokel-Walker
FFWD
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