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A video subscription service created by Linus Media Group (LinusTechTips). Creators put their content ad-free on Floatplane, but can also put it other places (s

A video subscription service created by Linus Media Group (LinusTechTips). Creators put their content ad-free on Floatplane, but can also put it other places (such as YouTube, and with ads). The users pay for the ad-free videos.

BiteCode_dev 5y ago
Honestly, Linus is a seal of trust by itself at this point, so if they manage to keep up, they may gain traction.
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- 0cVlTeIATBs 5y ago
  Can you explain why you think Linus/LMG/Floatplane's service is more trustworthy than YouTube? I do not share that opinion. My starting position is that he is guided by business pressures not terribly different from YouTube's, from the following anecdata: I understand Linus started Floatplane because his business relies on YouTube, a single point of failure With PIA/Kape, he left whether or not to accept advertising dollars up to a user vote in YouTube's chat. It came out tied at first, and then he went to the Floatplane stream to break the tie, which ended in favor of accepting PIA advertising In live streams he has spoken somewhat negatively about "free speech" advocates I think Floatplane will simply go where the dollars go in the long run, and I see little in the way of moral conviction that they would e.g. fight government regulations or payment processor demands.
  - busymom0 5y ago
    Agreed. Their terms of service is basically the same as YouTube. Just seems like a cash cow for him.
busymom0 5y ago
Ah, thanks for replying. I do trust him so hoping he can do well with the platform. Edit: floatplane's TOS seems like they aren't any better than YouTube unfortunately.
- BiteCode_dev 5y ago
  Can you tell us more?
sofixa 5y ago
> Creators put their content ad-free on Floatplane, but can also put it other places (such as YouTube, and with ads). The users pay for the ad-free videos So just like Nebula? It'd have been better if all the fleeing YouTubers had centralised on one alternative service, most people won't bother for multiple subscriptions.

BiteCode_dev 5y ago

Honestly, Linus is a seal of trust by itself at this point, so if they manage to keep up, they may gain traction.

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0cVlTeIATBs 5y ago
Can you explain why you think Linus/LMG/Floatplane's service is more trustworthy than YouTube? I do not share that opinion. My starting position is that he is guided by business pressures not terribly different from YouTube's, from the following anecdata: I understand Linus started Floatplane because his business relies on YouTube, a single point of failure With PIA/Kape, he left whether or not to accept advertising dollars up to a user vote in YouTube's chat. It came out tied at first, and then he went to the Floatplane stream to break the tie, which ended in favor of accepting PIA advertising In live streams he has spoken somewhat negatively about "free speech" advocates I think Floatplane will simply go where the dollars go in the long run, and I see little in the way of moral conviction that they would e.g. fight government regulations or payment processor demands.
- busymom0 5y ago
  Agreed. Their terms of service is basically the same as YouTube. Just seems like a cash cow for him.

busymom0 5y ago

Ah, thanks for replying. I do trust him so hoping he can do well with the platform. Edit: floatplane's TOS seems like they aren't any better than YouTube unfortunately.

BiteCode_dev 5y ago
Can you tell us more?

sofixa 5y ago

> Creators put their content ad-free on Floatplane, but can also put it other places (such as YouTube, and with ads). The users pay for the ad-free videos So just like Nebula? It'd have been better if all the fleeing YouTubers had centralised on one alternative service, most people won't bother for multiple subscriptions.