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Is it really a monopoly if alternatives like rumble and vimeo exist?
by game_the0ry 1y ago
Is it really a monopoly if alternatives like rumble and vimeo exist?
- p1necone 1y agoIt's a hard question to answer for products that rely on user created content like this. Rumble and vimeo provide basically the same service, but if you got fed up with YouTube and wanted to take your money (eyeballs) elsewhere, you can't, because rumble and vimeo don't have the same content at all. And if you were a creator you can't take your content elsewhere because there's no viewers.
- game_the0ry 1y agoMy follow up question would be - was the content ever that good or did you need the help from the platform? Solid content has solid fans. Solid fans follow the content creator, not the platform.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y agoI prefer Vimeo, as a content publisher, but I don’t monetize, nor have I posted many vids. I’ve simply used the “pro” option, which I have recently let lapse. I just feel that Vimeo’s video quality is better, and it gives more direct control of the content. But I do so little video work, that it hasn’t been worth it to maintain the subscription.
- whywhywhywhy 1y agoHave you looked at Vimeo lately? It's hard to tell it even serves videos anymore, the platform part is completely hidden unless you get a direct link.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y agoNo, but that doesn’t matter to me, because I only ever used it as a CDN for my videos, anyway.