People dont really care where their content comes from, so long as it loads properly. But content creators dont want to migrate from the platforms they have all their followers on. If i have a decent YouTube channel that is large enough to be my primary income, I’m locked in because there is no real way to migrate all those followers over to a new platform. Nebula is the closest i think we have to a true YouTube competitor, but it’s a tiny fraction of the user base and most Nebula videos are available on YouTube for free.
Comment on YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave
cryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
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BakerBagel@midwest.social 8 months ago
Tyfud@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Monetizing one is much easier than the other.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
People will pirate porn, they don’t care to pirate COD montages
muh_entitlement@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Use a different front end like piped video! All the content is free and no ads!
cybersandwich@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m actually really surprised pornhub hasn’t moved into the YouTube like space. They have the infrastructure and expertise. Why not branch into that ? Especially if YouTube keeps pissing off users.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Reputation, if you think Nintendo is copyright happy when people put their things on YouTube wait for it to be on “pornhub kids”
IndyRap@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Pornhub owns most of those alternatives.
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
*MindGeek
SeaJ@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I love how they have clearly tried to hide that they make their money from porn. They used to be called MindGeek. The private equity form that owns them is called Ethical Capital Partners.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So I assume they can guarantee none of the women in the porn they show are victims of human trafficking.
(I can’t know that in the porn I watch either, but I don’t host it.)