The thing is that ads pay almost nothing. I'd be very happy to pay 4x what an ad would pay. But the problem is I can't sent 0.12 to someone when I watch their video because 50% of that is gobbled up by transaction fees. So the only option is to bulk donate which either requires pooling money in a 3rd party or the user donating a bulk amount ($10). Users really dont like giving away $10 when it feels like they get nothing in return. Its all mental but its a very real problem. We will pay for $10 of dogshit food but not $10 for a software product we've used for 100s of hours.

[–] rglullis@communick.news 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Join the Communick Collective. Set up a fixed budget (let's say $10/month) and then split that however you want between the people you want to help. This solves the micropayments issue and would show creators still addicted to Youtube revenue that valuable contributions will be rewarded.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I'm already paying my instance and lemmy and kinda loyal to it. I'd alsp like to properly support the software i use before trying to support content creators. One day in the future something like communick would be appealing.

The website says 20% of the profit is donated? Does that mean to charities?

[–] rglullis@communick.news 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

This is separate from the Communick Collective. The collective is just a way for people to support creators directly. My pledge of 20% is for the underlying projects. I am pledging to donate 20% of the profits to Mastodon, Lemmy, Matrix Foundation, Funkwhale, GoToSocial, Pixelfed, etc.

For that to happen Communick needs first to turn a profit, though.

[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You can actually do it using USDC (USD stablecoin) on Ethereum via Base for free:

https://www.coinbase.com/en-br/developer-platform/discover/launches/zero-fee-usdc

Most people think of crypto as a scam, but there are actual useful products being built on Ethereum, and this is a great illustration on where it is a useful tool

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think something like this is going to be a necessity to make a federated video platform work.

What are the transaction fees for USDC?

[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It has been around USD 0.001~0.008, but they are scaling aggressively so fluctuations aren't as significant in the future regardless of usage. Details here: https://www.growthepie.com/fees

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are there options with lower fees? It's not much but if people pay per view it adds up quickly.

[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Sorry, I mistakenly read your original comment, transaction fees for USDC are actually free (gasless) via Base on Ethereum, eg: https://xcancel.com/coinbasewallet/status/1800653787960406031

Costs mentioned on my previous post are for other assets

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Neat, might have to try that sometime