I seem to remember the cutoff for monetisation was 20 minutes, which is why you always saw videos of 20 minutes and 10 seconds or so - in case YouTube's re-encoding fuckery shortened it under the cutoff.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 10 Dec 2024, 20:42,
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20 mins used to be
The length a video had to be before it got midroll ads shoved in it, so the "just over 20 minute" videos were creators essentially opting-in to midroll ads (and the extra revenue)
Of course these days, youtube will happily shovel 2 sets of midroll ads into a 6 minute video whether you like it or not.
I tried to watch something without adblock recently, and I swear there were more minutes of unskippable ads than there were actual uploaded content
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LP, Wed 11 Dec 2024, 12:57,
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The current rule is 8 minutes if you want mid-roll ad monetization.
So the slop content creators all tend to put out videos just over 8mins long.
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Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 11 Dec 2024, 16:00,
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It wouldn’t be so bad…
…if nine out of ten of the ads I’ve seen recently weren’t for that fucking Sonic the Hedgehog film.
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jonbob loves you, Wed 11 Dec 2024, 17:09,
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