Problem is hosting all the video. You either have one host or many (P2P). Both have issues.
I agree. YouTube can be very useful, but we really ought to be moving to other platforms at this point. Fuck YouTube.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 1 year ago
RealFknNito@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And both cost money, neither can exist if everyone circumvents the methods to make money.
Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
YouTube defended their monopoly by running for free. They murdered the growth of legitimate competitions like Vimeo that had healthier business models… Because they didn’t try to run for free.
And now that they’ve saturated the market and killed off all of the serious competition it’s time to profit
Well, frankly, go fuck yourself.
So long YouTube, and thanks for all the fish. 🐬
RealFknNito@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Do you know why there are no good competitors to YouTube? It’s fucking expensive.
They have a monopoly but for what? They don’t turn a profit. The losses they take on the platform are public knowledge because shockingly, hosting hundreds of TB of data being uploaded per minute isn’t cheap.
The only sites that even spit in their general direction is like, Pornhub and oh boy don’t try to tell me that ‘ad experience’ is better Lol. Youtube has shit policies and even worse moderator decisions but it is widely a fucking charity and I think they have some right to turn it into a business instead.
Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve been using YouTube far more than any of my paid services for years. However I’m ready for a switch. If the YouTubers who I follow switched platforms I’d go with them in a second.
RealFknNito@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Haha yeah fuck YouTube. I want the entire site to not only be free but free from ads.
You’re all retarded. This shit costs money and you’re circumventing the way to not pay them. I bought premium and use an adblocker because I’m not a cheap piece of shit.
Your content creators aren’t doing this for free so fucking pay them. What is wrong with you people?
Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Patrion and buying merchandise are the ways I support content creators. I’d rather make sure money goes directly to them and not to some corporation that will seize funds or cut off ad revenue at a whim with no real recourse.
I understand the economics behind hosting videos, I also don’t use Adblock. YouTube has taken ads and unwanted content to a new level in the last year and they are driving away viewers. I refuse to support them with a subscription.
If an ethical alternative pops up that has the creators I want I’d be happy to support it.
RealFknNito@lemmy.world 1 year ago
While buying merch, doing patreon, and other forms are commendable - we watch them on YouTube. Id get protesting the platform if they were making money hand over fist but we already know they don’t make a profit on the platform. Ads and premium are just methods to staunch the bleeding. I understand the ads are intrusive and are getting worse but they’ve only amped them up to compensate for users who aren’t served ads due to adblockers.
I don’t find it unethical to pay YouTube. They pay creators a fair percentage and overall are taking a loss. It’s not greed, it’s trying to stay afloat. Whether or not I support their policy changes, I’d like creators to survive off their work.