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Never made sense to me and made me suspect that the people in charge didn't understand the value of their own platform. YouTube isn't competing with Netflix/Di

Never made sense to me and made me suspect that the people in charge didn't understand the value of their own platform. YouTube isn't competing with Netflix/Disney+/etc, they are the ones competing with YouTube and the idea of infinite hyper specialized crowdsourced content which is most personal and intimate than anything they could ever offer. Makes perfect sense to kill it.

spookthesunset 5y ago
I agree that all these other companies are competing with YouTube. I mean like you said… there is tons of original content on YouTube that would never get made via “mainstream” / “traditional” producers. Take all the FPV train videos made by train engineers on their routes. Or the dudes who sit around at popular inlets in Florida recording lake boats attempting (and often failing) to go into open ocean. Or the person who does ASMR car detailing. Or the dude on Australia who jets out plugged drains. Or the people who live stream airplanes landing at LAX for 10 hours. Nobody would ever put that onto a cable TV channel yet each of these content creators have a loyal audience that at minimum funds a hefty beer fund.
SuoDuanDao 5y ago
I do wonder why Netflix hasn't opened a 'crowdsourced' section to actually compete with youtube, I'm sure they're making more per viewer than Youtube so affording the necessary server space shouldn't be the issue. I know they don't like to go into too many new market segments but it seems like an obvious move... anyone have a theory?
- ctchocula 5y ago
  I'm guessing the theory goes something like: When I pay for Netflix, I expect high production value. There's no way I would pay for crowdsourced videos made by amateurs when I could watch it for free on Youtube.
  - SuoDuanDao 5y ago
    Makes sense. Rationally, if I'm paying for Netflix anyway I might as well watch crowdsourced content there ad-free. Irrationally, any time I'm watching crowdsourced content, I'm reminded of its price and compare it unfavourably to its competition.
ehsankia 5y ago
I think the idea of Origins was to give their most popular creators some extra resources to undertake a bigger project than usual. For example, MKBHD's Retro Tech is very much in line with his tech videos, or Vsauce's Mind Field is basically a high production version of his normal videos. That being said, these creators already get a ton of views to start with, and as cool as the highly produced content was, I don't think it realistically brought more views than the normal videos.

spookthesunset 5y ago

I agree that all these other companies are competing with YouTube. I mean like you said… there is tons of original content on YouTube that would never get made via “mainstream” / “traditional” producers. Take all the FPV train videos made by train engineers on their routes. Or the dudes who sit around at popular inlets in Florida recording lake boats attempting (and often failing) to go into open ocean. Or the person who does ASMR car detailing. Or the dude on Australia who jets out plugged drains. Or the people who live stream airplanes landing at LAX for 10 hours. Nobody would ever put that onto a cable TV channel yet each of these content creators have a loyal audience that at minimum funds a hefty beer fund.

SuoDuanDao 5y ago

I do wonder why Netflix hasn't opened a 'crowdsourced' section to actually compete with youtube, I'm sure they're making more per viewer than Youtube so affording the necessary server space shouldn't be the issue. I know they don't like to go into too many new market segments but it seems like an obvious move... anyone have a theory?

ctchocula 5y ago
I'm guessing the theory goes something like: When I pay for Netflix, I expect high production value. There's no way I would pay for crowdsourced videos made by amateurs when I could watch it for free on Youtube.
- SuoDuanDao 5y ago
  Makes sense. Rationally, if I'm paying for Netflix anyway I might as well watch crowdsourced content there ad-free. Irrationally, any time I'm watching crowdsourced content, I'm reminded of its price and compare it unfavourably to its competition.

ehsankia 5y ago

I think the idea of Origins was to give their most popular creators some extra resources to undertake a bigger project than usual. For example, MKBHD's Retro Tech is very much in line with his tech videos, or Vsauce's Mind Field is basically a high production version of his normal videos. That being said, these creators already get a ton of views to start with, and as cool as the highly produced content was, I don't think it realistically brought more views than the normal videos.