commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoBending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down11
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minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·12 days 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-squarefelixwhynot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·11 days 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-squaredindonmasker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 days agoFloatplane too i guess.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 days agoPatreon seems like the most likely competitor. I think some content is now hosted directly there.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 days agoThat will simply never happen, YouTube I think is a two digit percentage of global Internet traffic.
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 days agoI doubt Vimeo was putting up numbers that actually competed, either, but it was there as an alternative.
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoVideo sharing is not a technically difficult problem in 2026. It really is just about making the money work.
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.
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
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.
Video sharing is not a technically difficult problem in 2026. It really is just about making the money work.