> perhaps there's more room for self-hosting your content You still need to drive traffic to your content. That's the entire point of places like YouTube: dis

> perhaps there's more room for self-hosting your content You still need to drive traffic to your content. That's the entire point of places like YouTube: discovery. The fact they host and process your video content as well just makes it that much easier for users. Hosting it yourself won't get you any "eyeballs", so I think you're confusing two different things.