Posted March 1, 2019 4:00 pm by Comments

By John Crump

YouTube Alternatives for Gun Videos & Content Creators
YouTube Alternatives for Gun Videos & Content Creators

U.S.A.-(Ammoland.com)- When FPSRussia debuted on YouTube, no one could have imagined that the channel’s creator Kyle Myers would be able to make a living on the video sharing platform, but he became wealthy by playing the character of Dmitri Potapoff for adoring fans.

The YouTube creator’s success led to others being able to follow their dream and share their passion for guns and the Second Amendment on the Google video sharing platform. This success was until what became known as the YouTube “Ad-pocalypse” happened on the website.

In March of 2017 advertisements played on certain racist and extremist content. Watchdog groups notified the mainstream media and newspapers such as the Wallstreet Journal jumped on the story and started contacting advertisers to get comments. In this age of PC, brands didn’t want the public to think they were endorsing these views, so they started pulling their ad money from the Google-owned subsidiary.

Seeing their value plummet, YouTube decided they needed to act to head off the mass exoduses of advertisers. They rewrote their policy, and most advertisements were only running on what they considered family friendly content.

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Source:: AmmoLand

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