WhoRogerWill they never learn
zekizThey actually are in a position to do this.
Nobody is switching to let's say PeerTube because of something YouTube does as long as not every creator is switching too
They are, but even YT won't last forever. TikTok and IG are eating their lunch badly, and as YT continues to chase after that market and keeps neglecting and pissing off people that bring value to the platform, something just might crop up as an alternative.
I mean, a month ago many thought Reddit is irreplaceable, and now look around.
I'm also hopeful for more creator-owned services like Nebula and Dropout. They tend to run off extremely cheap subscription models (about $5 a month for Dropout, less than $2 a month for Nebula) and all that money goes to the creators with very little business overhead in the way.
I never gave a damn about dropout, and when they laid off Drawfee - literally the only thing worth watching - I just followed drawfee's new solo channel. It's kind of drifted too far into the Millennial mainstream, but what you going to do. I'm a Gen-Xer, a cynical understanding that the world is trash is just part of my lifelong worldview.
Fair enough but I am absolutely willing to pay $5/mo for Brennan Lee Mulligan's D&D Show Plus Some Other Stuff I Probably Won't Watch.