The China-centric video sharing platform is expanding with a new international app and an English version of its website – with no identity verification (for now at least)

  • Ex Nummis@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Hey, I welcome any serious competition. Youtube has devolved into a much more censored platform than what we used to make fun of the Chinese for. “Unalive”, “grape”, and several topics that are demonetized on sight.

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      18 hours ago

      I found clip.place , a peertube instance really good alternative to YouTube. I am sure there are others.

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        17 hours ago

        Thing is peertube is still pretty much new and empty. I didn’t find much content that I would be interested in or even an interesting community. Although I see its potential as a social platform I don’t think it will ever replace YouTube (at least for me) as it wouldn’t give creators the financial incentive to use it.

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          6 hours ago

          These things take time. Depends on instances. There are audience for YouTube. I am happy to bet on Peertube.

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          8 hours ago

          The financial incentive is a big part of what ruined YouTube in the first place, so the lack of it is a W in my book. If a creator really is that good, I’ll support them directly.

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          17 hours ago

          YouTube barely gives a financial incentive for most creators, that’s why most of them take sponsorship deals and/or use Patreon.

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            8 hours ago

            YouTube payout for creators is %55 of ad revenue generated per video.

            PeerTube payout for creators is the ability to add a donation button on your page.

            You ain’t got to lie Craig.