• Chozo@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    This would be an absolutely insane precedent that would just result in further gate-keeping the ability to earn revenue on YouTube.

    Exactly. If YouTube was forced to treat every monetized creator on the platform as an employee, this will end up hurting smaller creators who can’t meet the requirements for an actual employment (those with smaller followings or irregular upload schedules), and many who were previously monetized will suddenly lose it.

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      11 months ago

      I can sympathize with the argument on gig work for hire like Uber. I’m not sure any of the frameworks we have work that well, but there’s merit to at least some of the protections of employment law being in play.

      But YouTube isn’t employing anyone.