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We desperately need another major video streaming site. Google has been consistently acting in an atrocious manner for users and content creators, with negligib
by larkeith 8y ago
We desperately need another major video streaming site. Google has been consistently acting in an atrocious manner for users and content creators, with negligible cost due to their functional monopoly - even massively popular creators are able to recover their videos only in the rare situation of widespread media attention [1].
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18758758 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18758758
- Something1234 8y agoPornhub? People have been treating pornhub as a site to put random non-pornography content at least since a couple years ago according to my friend, I haven't encountered it though
- darkpuma 8y agoA few prominent gun channels dabbled in it a bit. Here's an article about it: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/youtube-bans-firearm-sales-and-how-to-videos-prompting-backlash https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/youtube-b... I think it was mostly a media stunt.
- userbinator 8y agoSearch "iPhone repair" on PornHub and be... amused.
- felipemnoa 8y agodailymotion.com
- dasyatidprime 8y agoIf I were to start publishing video content I'd probably try for Vimeo first, self-hosted second. (No affiliation.)
- 75dvtwin 8y agowhat about dtube.com ugetube.com steemit.com
- bad_user 8y agoI use Vimeo.com for hosting video tutorials for my website. Works well. You don’t get YouTube’s traffic, but the traffic I want should come from my website anyway.
- jobigoud 8y agoI've decided to use it to host some artsy stuff as well. I don't know what will happen when I reach the 5GB total storage limit though. I'm not keen on paying a monthly fee for the rest of my life so my videos, including the older ones, stay available...
- langitbiru 8y agoThe problem is Vimeo.com is banned in certain countries.
- elsjaako 8y agoPeertube?