Would you guys donate to content creators through an US platform? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 week ago by unglueclass23@programming.dev to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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There's some content creators that I get value from and watch on Youtube. From time to time I get the desire to donate a couple of euro to them, however, most of the times they either have Patreon or nothing at all. Sometimes they have Ko-fi - then there's no problem.

I try to avoid giving money to US businesses as much as realistically possible. But I'm wondering whether I should make an exception here. What are your guys' thoughts on this?

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[-] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

I mean you are already ln youtube... Maybe they have merch shops and you can use that as an option to contribute to them or use their codes when it's a reasonable European brand, they advertice. And sometimes just commenting and liking the vid helps them out to boost their algorythms.

[-] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

TBF there is hardly an alternative to YT unless you like roving packs of trolls and white supremacists who frequent the decentralized alternatives (becuse they're a beacon ti people banned from the main site and also crypto bros)

And given the cost of servers and storage right now, probably won't be for a while.

That said, I oersonally deleted a 13 year channel and never look back.

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