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Is this just about not being on YouTube or in general any platform? Otherwise I'd check out Vimeo for pure video hosting without the "social" part. There's a go
by dewey 4y ago
Is this just about not being on YouTube or in general any platform? Otherwise I'd check out Vimeo for pure video hosting without the "social" part. There's a good reason that these platforms exist as they deal with all the encoding edge cases and different devices your users may use.
- senko 4y agoThis. Not all video hosting platforms are social networks. Vimeo (mentioned), JWPlayer, Mux, there's tons of options. You could get away by hosting an mp4 file on S3, but you lose seeking, support for bandwidth-responsive quality/resolution, support for every device under the sun, and metrics. And it may not be cheaper. I got a surprise AWS bill when someone hotlinked to test video files I was hosting so people can download them and use locally. That one oops could've paid for Vimeo Pro subscription for a lifetime.
- 411111111111111 4y agoVimeo pivoted recentlish to big enterprise. They explicitly don't want smallish creators.
- dewey 4y agoThey have a "Starter" plan for $9/month and list "Small business" and "creative professionals" as their use cases. I wouldn't say they pivoted to big enterprise. They just pivoted to B2B in general and gave up on the consumer facing "indie-YouTube" side.
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- corobo 4y agoI wouldn't rely on those prices staying like that if you actually have an audience https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30686704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30686704 [Popular Patreon creators are being hit with Vimeo price hikes (theverge.com)]