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> How much worse do things have to get on YouTube for individual creators to leave YouTube survived even the Real Name Policy during Google+ era. At this point
by sirn 7y ago
> How much worse do things have to get on YouTube for individual creators to leave
YouTube survived even the Real Name Policy during Google+ era. At this point, I can't think I think of anything that could do a permanent and immediate damage to YouTube popularity, even if they pull the equivalent of recent Tumblr purge. YouTube has enough momentum and its audience is way too diverse for it to fail overnight.
Also, video hosting is very hard and expensive. It's possible to have a service that is generally nice and serve some niche (like Vimeo or Dailymotion), but I feel they will break apart in some way or another if they ever gain YouTube-level of popularity (due to regulation, lawsuits, etc.).
- wolco 7y agoIf they perged or deleted enough content people would stop visiting. If content creators stopped making new videos the site would turn into more of a video backup/hosting service for sharing elsewhere. Wouldn't kill the site but it would reduce its value.
- jfoster 7y agoThey're getting pretty annoying for viewers. Non-stop nags about trialing their subscriptions.
- pas 7y agoThe RealName policy did not affect YT as it defaulted to a separate "profile" of the same account. And you got the option to merge them, or continue to use it with some nickname.