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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There isn't a competing video platform.

Video data is really really big. Not many have the resources to store it forever and send it globally on demand. And also pay money back to the creators who upload the videos in the first place.

Vidme tried and failed, not profitable.

Vimeo is not comparable, it's for corporate/work/advertising videos. Not for consumers.

What the fuck is Dailymotion?

Netflix is curated shows, not comparable.

Sky is paid sports on TV, not comparable.

Nebula only works because viewers have to pay, not to mention that uploading to Nebula is extremely exclusive due to their high standards for creators. It makes sense that Nebula exists - but it isn't a YouTube competitor.

The only other free consumer video platform right now is TikTok, which is only suited for short vertical videos.

A competitor to YouTube that does the same thing is not possible. Only a megacorp like Google has the money to throw away.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ByteDance could probably afford to make a western-facing youtube clone, but there's presumably enough competition in China that they wouldn't bother doing something just for the west.

This is making me wonder, what are the Chinese youtube equivalents? IIRC Weibo's more of a twitter. Is it just BiliBili?