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For a content platform it seems natural that a sharp reduction in content by 80% would reduce the number of visitors. I wonder how this would play out if spotif

by belorn 2y ago

For a content platform it seems natural that a sharp reduction in content by 80% would reduce the number of visitors. I wonder how this would play out if spotify or youtube removed 80% of their catalogs. I am reminded of how people said that spotify "won" over music piracy by simply being more convenient. Remove 80% of the music there, and my bet is that music piracy would see a massive upswing, together with legal competitors. 50% reduction in users do not sound unthinkable.

gwbas1c 2y ago
> Remove 80% of the music there, and my bet is that music piracy would see a massive upswing, together with legal competitors. There's some shows I want to go back and re-watch, but they're no longer on Netflix and out of print on physical media. I'm tempted to put my eye patch on and say "yo-ho-ho," but there's just so much content that I don't even have time to watch. > and my bet is that music piracy would see a massive upswing Which makes me suspect that if Spotify dropped 80% of its content, it really depends on which 80% gets dropped. There's just so much content available now that content that's not in major streaming platforms might just get forgotten.
- pjc50 2y ago
  The special case of PH here was that it was close to the ""uncensored"" platform people claim to want: they used to allow anyone to upload anything, so most of their material was a huge pirate archive. Of course if you're not checking uploads then some of them are going to be CSAM. It's not unreasonable that if you're going to host nudity you have a positive legal and moral obligation to ensure that everyone depicted is a consenting adult who has consented to those images being shown on that site.
  - HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
    You have that duty if there's nudity or not.
    - Dylan16807 2y ago
      In theory, to some extent, but when's the last time you needed to submit documentation to post a picture of you and your friends at a restaurant?
      - HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
        You don't need documentation to post nudes on the internet.

by belorn 2y ago

gwbas1c 2y ago

> Remove 80% of the music there, and my bet is that music piracy would see a massive upswing, together with legal competitors. There's some shows I want to go back and re-watch, but they're no longer on Netflix and out of print on physical media. I'm tempted to put my eye patch on and say "yo-ho-ho," but there's just so much content that I don't even have time to watch. > and my bet is that music piracy would see a massive upswing Which makes me suspect that if Spotify dropped 80% of its content, it really depends on which 80% gets dropped. There's just so much content available now that content that's not in major streaming platforms might just get forgotten.

pjc50 2y ago
The special case of PH here was that it was close to the ""uncensored"" platform people claim to want: they used to allow anyone to upload anything, so most of their material was a huge pirate archive. Of course if you're not checking uploads then some of them are going to be CSAM. It's not unreasonable that if you're going to host nudity you have a positive legal and moral obligation to ensure that everyone depicted is a consenting adult who has consented to those images being shown on that site.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
  You have that duty if there's nudity or not.
  - Dylan16807 2y ago
    In theory, to some extent, but when's the last time you needed to submit documentation to post a picture of you and your friends at a restaurant?
    - HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
      You don't need documentation to post nudes on the internet.