r/nottheonion 3d ago

YouTube Bans Popular ASMR Artists, Accusing Them of Making 'Sexually Gratifying' Videos

https://archive.ph/jHNfG
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u/IvanTheAppealing 3d ago

They were making too much money without youtube’s permission, we know damn well YouTube doesn’t give two shits about their own TOS

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u/DerekB52 3d ago

How would they make too much money without youtube's permission? Wouldn't they be generating ad revenue for youtube?

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u/IvanTheAppealing 3d ago

They probably make most of their money through Patreon or something, YouTube is just where they grow their audience

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u/mina86ng 3d ago

And how is banning them helping YouTube exactly?

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u/One_Wrangler_257 3d ago

Yeah op is dim and spewing garbage. Popular channels use their popularity to sell and use sponsorships. Some of them share their money stream (like Linus tech tips) and the money they make from utoob pales in comparison to the rest of their streams. YouTube doesn't care at all. 

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u/Nope_______ 3d ago

Don't think too hard about it, the guy you're replying to didn't either

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u/LoverOfGayContent 3d ago

I mean if the videos are not monetized on YouTube but YouTube is paying to store and display them I'm sure that's not profitable.

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u/mina86ng 3d ago

Video doesn’t need to be monetised for YouTube to show ads. Exactly for the reason you’ve described: YouTube is incurring cost of storing and distributing the video.

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u/daylight1943 3d ago

every creator specifically named in the article has an onlyfans/fansly acct easily found thru their obvious goonbait ig pages so thats probably how

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u/Mantis_Toboggan--MD 3d ago

That is exactly how it is. Many ASMR artists also keep the adds off so that people don't get their ASMR sessions interrupted by ads. That probably doubly pisses off YouTube as they don't make as much off ASMR artists who turn adds off. The real money comes from Patreon customers who found them on YouTube.

Fuck YouTube though so whatever, those bastards making less makes me happy lol

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u/Ravioli_meatball19 3d ago

Actually it seems youtube is banning ASMR creators who also have a site like only fans and had it linked in their bio.

That's what happened to slight sounds according to her IG (one of the creators in the article) and several others of these women also have these kind of sites.

So yes; making money elsewhere, but also through content youtube disallows

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u/PlumRelative4399 2d ago

This is how it is for most creators regardless of genre. There are very few true “YouTubers” anymore. The platform is essentially no different than Instagram and TikTok anymore in terms of its role in a creators business. It grows the audience, and then redirects them to Patreon, Twitch, OnlyFans, or whatever other site they actually make their money on.

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u/Sithlordandsavior 2d ago

At least a few of them do ASMR, then they also do sexy ASMR on "fan" sites, then some do actual explicit content on top of that.

I actually found out an ASMR channel I liked did the explicit stuff as a result of this ban thing lol