Hank Green

And I was, you know, I made a thing and, you know, basically radio silence.

And so I think that in particular, this period, it's just so it feels so ruthless.

And everybody is having to in terms of these big tech companies fighting to be the one who create the digital god.

It felt like, you know, there's kind of a reason why I maybe didn't hear back about that.

But I've had a pretty productive relationship.

And I like honestly, I've always imagined myself to be running a business.

And the reality is that YouTube shares a heck of a lot more revenue with me than most platforms.

We get 55% of the ad revenue from our videos.

And then I'm out here on Instagram and they're like,

How are we going to build the slot machine today?

We're going to change it every two weeks.

You're never going to know how much money you make.

Sometimes you're going to make a ton.

Sometimes you're not going to make a lot.

It's going to be a real sort of randomized reward situation that's going to make you feel like you're playing a game that's very exciting.

And then one day the money will just stop.

And now you figure it out.

And I think YouTube would probably have structured itself like that if it had figured that out sooner.

I think a lot of people think of the 55% cut as a huge blunder on their part that they set this system up.

And they can't change it.