I received emails from YouTube as well and they also informed me that both of my YouTube channels are not eligible for monetization anymore. Kinda sucks. I made about $15-$20 per month with my channels, which definitely adds up.
However, I have been focusing a lot on the Steem platforms instead because Ad revenue is pretty minuscule regardless.
I'm curious as to how AmazonTube would generate more revenue or profit than YouTube. If the rumours are true, YouTube still isn't generating much of a profit and the measures they are going through seem to be to try to get more money in some way.
If Amazon takes over, we will still have a centralized organization, whose main focus is money, paying out content creators. I still think Steem would be better and logical for any content creator to create a powerful stream of income.
We will see I guess.
Hey @kenanqhd sorry to hear about that. I think anyone who was already approved should have been grandfathered in, kind of bad to change the rules in the middle of the game.
Initially I thought Amazon getting into the game may be a good thing ie competition is generally good, however I think it's pretty powerful that Youtube is for the most part the only video platform out there, yeah I know FB has video and Instagram but Youtube is a whole nother ballgame and a different experience. All eyes are on one platform so everyone is there and it's easy to grow. If you Amazon comes out with a tube site we now have our audiences split across multiple platforms and I think it would be tough to grow as quickly. Who knows though, be interested to see what happens.