To be fair, it already exists - PeerTube is a thing. The real reason people stay on YouTube is the network effect[1] - everyone else is there, so why would you leave? They're not coming with you, they're not giving you money on the new platform, they can just stay on YouTube and keep life simple by not worrying about a bunch of choices. Epic has spent billions losing money trying to compete with the network effect that Steam benefits off, so it's clear how much money and risk it takes... only for nothing to really change. It's not something that we can expect creators to drive without collective effort, and that kind of is happening with Nebula (which is part owned by the creators who join it) - we can only hope they keep that momentum going so they begin to form a real threat to YouTube's dominance.
Making a video is easy. Making a good video is hard. Setting up a server and configuring Peertube is a level above that. Once you've done it you've successfully reduced your total addressable market from billions to maybe a few thousand.
I'm not denying there is no netwerk effect regarding steam, but shit - have you seen the Epic Games launcher? Functions are minimal and buggy and it's never a great experience. For example: the button to my friends list has not been working for the past year and it's still not fixed.
I know it's hard to compete against steam, but I really get the feeling they're not particularly trying very hard....
And PeerTube has effectively no competitive monetization model. If there was a hope of eventually making more money there, I'm sure people would start paying attention, but there isn't.
Overwhelming when people can get something for free or for cheap, they do.
Maybe so. But at the same time there are a lot of 10 mins videos with 1 paragraph worth of useful information in them... so I guess the argument cuts both ways.
Funnily enough, I can't be bothered looking at a video becouse I can't glance through it. It takes too long listening to "please like and subscribe thnxxxxxx....." With text, I can quickly scan through, and easily find what I'm looking for.
I’m the exact same way man lifetime of adhd I’m not watching some video of a guy working on my model of car where 40% of the video is filler and visual glitz when I can gladly read forums and expert guidelines that are everywhere and I read fast. Skimming through video to learn without wanting to throw a brick at the creator is weirdly a pain for me often but there are random exceptions like the random dads posting youtube videos with not many views but they explain how to do the service menu and diagnostics on a specific model of may-tag or whirlpool or whatever washers they’re mvps. Especially when the actual brands making them work tirelessly to make that information hard to get and obnoxiously complicated if you even find documentation online. No I will not call a repairman to charge me fuck-you fees lol
Are you saying you read the 3 pages of rambling nonsense about how this cookie recipe reminds you of time spent at Grandma's Lake House as a child before actually getting to a shit recipe pulled directly from Betty Crocker, only it's missing key ingredients?
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I think the bigger problem is endless Facebook/YouTube short videos. We've gone into Fahrenheit 451 territory.
Not always. In fact this is not often true at all for me. Both videos and essays can be too long and rambling. I would rather skim an essay than a video.
That's fine if as a consumer you only use a pc or maybe a phone but tvs are way more locked down and limited to the apps they can have. Even with Android tv you still have to hope there's an app you can sideload since it doesn't have a browser. And the tv is where i primarily watch YouTube.