> Who needs to be convinced are the content creators.
They've gone where the money is. So long as YouTube and Twitch write checks, people are going to make content on those platforms. They're not going to spend their own time and money (on top of content production) to host the content or run some FediVerse server.
Content creators could jump ship and run their own ads but then they've got increased costs/effort for promotion. They also aren't going to get good payouts unless they've got a huge audience that will come with them.
They've gone where the money is. So long as YouTube and Twitch write checks, people are going to make content on those platforms. They're not going to spend their own time and money (on top of content production) to host the content or run some FediVerse server.
Content creators could jump ship and run their own ads but then they've got increased costs/effort for promotion. They also aren't going to get good payouts unless they've got a huge audience that will come with them.