commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoBending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down13
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minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up91arrow-down1·1 day agoWhelp, hopefully federated video sharing gets the momentum it needs to compete with YT. Seems like it’s the only alternative that’ll be left.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 hours agoNeed to solve the discover-ability of it though. Peertube is only useful if you know what you’re going there for.
minus-squareTrilogy3452@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-236 minutes agoWe need a Peektube to accompany it
minus-squarefelixwhynot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·24 hours agoI have seen a few smaller ones pop up too (admittedly not open source) like Nebula. I could see the appeal of a professional hosting service for creators
minus-squaregreybeard@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoI don’t know about Floatplane or Nebula, but Dropout uses Vimeo as their back end. So this could impact some of the independent guys.
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoAh shit, I hadn’t thought of that. Hopefully this gives them a kick to upgrade their system or get something of their own.
minus-squaredindonmasker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·23 hours agoFloatplane too i guess.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·18 hours agoPatreon seems like the most likely competitor. I think some content is now hosted directly there.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·20 hours agoThat will simply never happen, YouTube I think is a two digit percentage of global Internet traffic.
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 hours agoI doubt Vimeo was putting up numbers that actually competed, either, but it was there as an alternative.
Whelp, hopefully federated video sharing gets the momentum it needs to compete with YT. Seems like it’s the only alternative that’ll be left.
Need to solve the discover-ability of it though. Peertube is only useful if you know what you’re going there for.
We need a Peektube to accompany it
I have seen a few smaller ones pop up too (admittedly not open source) like Nebula. I could see the appeal of a professional hosting service for creators
I don’t know about Floatplane or Nebula, but Dropout uses Vimeo as their back end. So this could impact some of the independent guys.
Ah shit, I hadn’t thought of that. Hopefully this gives them a kick to upgrade their system or get something of their own.
Floatplane too i guess.
Patreon seems like the most likely competitor. I think some content is now hosted directly there.
That will simply never happen, YouTube I think is a two digit percentage of global Internet traffic.
I doubt Vimeo was putting up numbers that actually competed, either, but it was there as an alternative.