• Possibly linux
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    106 days ago

    I don’t think there is much in the way of alternatives. Scaling to millions of users is very hard.

    • @squaresinger@lemmy.world
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      26 days ago

      There are a few platforms. Nebula, Floatplane, Peertube. I think Patreon allows you to host videos directly on their platform too.

      But none of these platforms offer free access plus a built-in ad function.

      • Possibly linux
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        15 days ago

        I don’t think those are quite at the scale YouTube is. Video content for millions of uses is very hard and expensive.

      • @Nalivai@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        I’m pretty sure both Nebula and Floatplane look for their talents themselves, you can’t just decide to be there. And they look for something more sophisticated than a guy yelling n-word at children in a currently popular videogame.

        • @squaresinger@lemmy.world
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          16 days ago

          Yeah, might be.

          Dailymotion should be a non-issue to get into though. It’s got free user access, it’s the 9th biggest content site by active users worldwide and I don’t think they have selective creator recruiting practices.

      • Possibly linux
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        15 days ago

        Only if you are in China

        The rest of the world isn’t authoritarian quite yet

      • @nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip
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        16 days ago

        Bilibili is already trying to open across Asia without any success. They’re now changing their strategy to be Crunchyroll of Asia (mostly licensing anime from Muse Asia, Ani-One, and other company), but also allow people to host stuff (most people are either ACG content or pirated movie).