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Here is their explanation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOOOfZWXPu4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOOOfZWXPu4 Their site is light on details, but th

Here is their explanation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOOOfZWXPu4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOOOfZWXPu4 Their site is light on details, but the TOS spells it out pretty well: https://www.floatplane.com/legal/terms https://www.floatplane.com/legal/terms

rwmj 7y ago
Doesn't this compete fairly directly with Patreon? Patreon allows some hosting, interacting with the creators directly, and of course taking payments.
- ortusdux 7y ago
  It looks to me to be an ad free hybrid of youtube and patreon. Its primary focus is video delivery, monetized via subscription. They go over some of the bandwidth numbers in the video.
- nerdponx 7y ago
  It seems like it's meant to compete with both Patreon and Vimeo. Issues with the website CSS aside, I hope it succeeds.
- CivBase 7y ago
  As someone who uses Floatplane and Pareon (viewer, not producer), I strongly prefer Floatplane. Patreon is fine as a donation platform, but it's mediocre for content delivery. As a long-time viewer of LTT, I also trust them more with their content moderation policies.
- belorn 7y ago
  Compared to pateron it would be interesting to know what the cut is between floatplane and the creator.
e12e 7y ago
They have a video explaining their video hosting platform on a competing video hosting platform?
- dharmab 7y ago
  They have millions of subscribers on YouTube that they want to migrate
  - MaxBarraclough 7y ago
    Do they have the ability to host videos? I'm not seeing a live demo of their player.
    - jeroenhd 7y ago
      They do, they've been dogfeeding on their own platforms for quite a while now. One of the main advantages that I've heard people talk about is the high bit rates, making their 1080p look smoother than YouTube 4k in some cases. Somewhat strange that they lack a free video preview of the quality of the website, but that might just be because launching a service like this with a high quality video front and center might ruin their networking when a giant wave of new people come in.
      - ksec 7y ago
        Youtube compresses to 2.4Mbps inclusive of audio for H.264 1080P, which really shouldn't be a problem if the video uploaded was clean and high bitrate in the first place. I think another reason was Youtube did not support uploading of HEVC content until fairly recently, that has cause lot of problem especially those shoot their video with their iPhone. And Youtube may never transcode and support the playback of HEVC content. Which means you are stuck with 1080P for Apple's users.
        MaxBarraclough 7y ago
        > shouldn't be a problem Anecdotally, videos streamed from Vimeo (which offers far superior bitrates to YouTube) look considerably better than YouTube.
        jeroenhd 7y ago

rwmj 7y ago

Doesn't this compete fairly directly with Patreon? Patreon allows some hosting, interacting with the creators directly, and of course taking payments.

ortusdux 7y ago
It looks to me to be an ad free hybrid of youtube and patreon. Its primary focus is video delivery, monetized via subscription. They go over some of the bandwidth numbers in the video.
nerdponx 7y ago
It seems like it's meant to compete with both Patreon and Vimeo. Issues with the website CSS aside, I hope it succeeds.
CivBase 7y ago
As someone who uses Floatplane and Pareon (viewer, not producer), I strongly prefer Floatplane. Patreon is fine as a donation platform, but it's mediocre for content delivery. As a long-time viewer of LTT, I also trust them more with their content moderation policies.
belorn 7y ago
Compared to pateron it would be interesting to know what the cut is between floatplane and the creator.

e12e 7y ago

They have a video explaining their video hosting platform on a competing video hosting platform?

dharmab 7y ago
They have millions of subscribers on YouTube that they want to migrate
- MaxBarraclough 7y ago
  Do they have the ability to host videos? I'm not seeing a live demo of their player.
  - jeroenhd 7y ago
    They do, they've been dogfeeding on their own platforms for quite a while now. One of the main advantages that I've heard people talk about is the high bit rates, making their 1080p look smoother than YouTube 4k in some cases. Somewhat strange that they lack a free video preview of the quality of the website, but that might just be because launching a service like this with a high quality video front and center might ruin their networking when a giant wave of new people come in.
    - ksec 7y ago
      Youtube compresses to 2.4Mbps inclusive of audio for H.264 1080P, which really shouldn't be a problem if the video uploaded was clean and high bitrate in the first place. I think another reason was Youtube did not support uploading of HEVC content until fairly recently, that has cause lot of problem especially those shoot their video with their iPhone. And Youtube may never transcode and support the playback of HEVC content. Which means you are stuck with 1080P for Apple's users.
      - MaxBarraclough 7y ago
        > shouldn't be a problem Anecdotally, videos streamed from Vimeo (which offers far superior bitrates to YouTube) look considerably better than YouTube.
      - jeroenhd 7y ago