YouTube changed its ad rules to appease advertisers. YouTubers say they’re the ones paying for it


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  • Monday, 29 Jan 2018

FILE PHOTO: The YouTube app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Over the last 11 years, Chris Thompson has built a career on YouTube. His personal videos about relationships, sex and LGBTQ issues won him more than 385,000 subscribers. 

But recent shifts by YouTube led Thompson to cast aside the platform that provided his primary source of income. This year, he's trying to bring his audience with him to the Amazon-owned livestreaming service Twitch. 

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