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I think YouTube simply has first to market mindshare. I personally use and prefer Vimeo. It's a better experience and quality. I don't think anything technical
by X86BSD 9y ago
I think YouTube simply has first to market mindshare. I personally use and prefer Vimeo. It's a better experience and quality. I don't think anything technical or special keeps YouTube number one other than first to market mindshare.
- reificator 9y agoPart of that mindshare is that I only go to Vimeo when I can't find something on YouTube, and then when I find it on Vimeo it's incomplete and in approximately 240p. It's not fair to Vimeo, because they actually had a copy and YouTube didn't, but because of multiple experiences like that I was surprised to see a positive remark about their quality.
- analogic 9y agojust hope there's at least enough competition to keep them halfway honest
- blocked_again 9y ago> I don't think anything technical or special keeps YouTube number one other than first to market mindshare It's the youtube content creators like PewDiPie, Casey Niestat, Kurzgesagt etc that makes Youtube special just like that community that makes Hacker news special.