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YouTube (file.coffee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Why would I pay YouTube that when I can give it directly to the creators though. I'll just adblock and not put money in the hands of Google, while helping the creators more.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Without the content delivery system, creators don't really have a way to share their creations with you.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    YouTube is far from the only video hosting site, and far from the only way to do it. Peertube, Vimeo, Patreon, Floatplane, Nebula, bitchute to name some examples of sites already set up, with monetisation, with youtube creators actively posting on them. Twitch rivals like Kick and Rumble could also absolutely pivot into taking YTs market share too

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I mean without YouTube/ Google the alternative for most creators would be to host the videos themselves. And then you would have like 20 Sites which you had to check yourself regularly to get new videos. I get that YouTube isn't the best solution, but the alternative is much worse. There is a reason why we don't all still have our own small WordPress blogs.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    Yep. And if you look at video platforms that actually have to pay for their own bandwidth (Floatplane by LTT), you're going to end up paying $5 PER CREATOR. Hosting video on Vimeo is also super expensive.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    You know, RSS exists to literally circumvent this problem, albeit for articles. A lot of sites still have it, people just forgot that this is a thing. Little bit of a chore to setup, but its actually pretty nice. Obviously finding these sites is the hard part, but a good search engine (kagi btw) could make it work.

    Also PeerTube exists as well, which reduces the cost of hosting videos.

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