Hi! sorry for the random topic 😅

Youtube keeps getting more and more annoying. Is there a good other platform where to migrate? If people were to migrate, where would they go?

the thing I liked about youtube is the massive amount of content, and knowing that if I upload a video, it’s really easy to watch by others. I like the ability to follow channels too.

  • @[email protected]English
    16•2 years ago

    One thing to keep in mind beyond hosting cost is the uploader making money. YouTubes partner or paid channel things work (there are complaints) it’s a LOT harder to replace those freeas add revenue pays them

    • @grueEnglish
      5•2 years ago

      Patreon, and better yet, Liberapay, already exist.

      • @lemmy_seeEnglish
        7•2 years ago

        What’s Liberapay and how does it fair against Patreon?

        • @grueEnglish
          7•2 years ago

          I’ve never used it myself, but the TL;DR is that it’s supposed to be basically like Patreon, except that:

          • it is itself a non-profit organization that funds itself via donations to its own account instead of taking a cut of the payments to others,
          • its software is Open Source, and
          • it only allows donations to creators (i.e., creators aren’t allowed to provide rewards in exchange for the payment – apparently, this is at least in part to avoid having to charge VAT).
      • @[email protected]English
        0•2 years ago

        sadly does not help smaller creators or starting creators. Want you to think if you paid 1-3$ per creator you watched. you would be less likely to watch as many. sadly adds/commercials work.