person420@lemmynsfw.comtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With BotsEnglish
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12 days agoGoogle has been doing it with YouTube for as long as there has been a paid version of it. If you’re a premium subscriber, the creators you watch get a portion of your subscription based on how much you watch them. It’s why premium subscriber views are worth more than free views.
That’s why IMO YouTube premium is worth it. My subscription supports the creators I watch and I get no ads.
Just like in this case, it isn’t straight forward. She wasn’t simply “letting her friends use it”, she was selling use of the trick.