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Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by mynameisvlad »

VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #64
aloisdg wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

both are possible

That's a fantasy of the hobby FOSS developer. "If I make something so great then people will still pay me even if I give it away for free!" A tiny percentage of people might still pay for it, but the vast majority will not, and will complain loudly about any attempts to monetize.

Why does everything need to be made for profit? Why does someone NEED to be paid for every project, every scrap of work?

You said it yourself, this is a hobby FOSS developer. Key word hobby.

Have people stopped understanding that others do things simply because they want to? Not everything is profit-driven, even on this site.

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by VWWHFSfQ »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #101
VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a fantasy of the hobby FOSS developer. "If I make something so great then people will still pay me even if I give it away for free!" A tiny percentage of people might still pay for it, but the vast majority will not, and will complain loudly about any attempts to monetize.

Why does everything need to be made for profit? Why does someone NEED to be paid for every project, every scrap of work? You said it yourself, this is a hobby FOSS developer. Key word hobby. Have people stopped understanding that others do things simply because they want to? Not everything is profit-driven, even on this site.

I would like for artisan, indie developers to be able to sustain some kind of a living off their work instead of being forced to work at a soul-sucking faang optimizing ad clicks because their hobby projects can't pay any bills.

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by perpil »

The fact you've copied screen.studio so closely leaves a bad taste in my mouth. On the landing page you apply formatting in Google Sheets, just like screen studio does. It's ok to be inspired by screen studio but remember they are mostly a solo dev too so try and be more original.

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

#104

Post by 93po »

perpil wrote: post #103

The fact you've copied screen.studio so closely leaves a bad taste in my mouth. On the landing page you apply formatting in Google Sheets, just like screen studio does. It's ok to be inspired by screen studio but remember they are mostly a solo dev too so try and be more original.

we live in capitalism. capitalism is competing with others to make money. there are legal protections in place for intellectual property, and those protections are already far too damaging to innovation and creativity. he's operating within legal boundaries and doing the same thing everyone else does in business. i don't see the problem as long as it isn't illegal.

if we want to talk about ethics and morals in capitalism, then we have to start with the discussion of how all of it is damaging, and not just blame isolated examples as damaging or "bad"

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by jacobsimon »

johnwheeler wrote: post #11

Hi HN, I've built a 100% web-based screen recording tool aimed at product marketing managers, developers, or anyone wanting to showcase their work along with a talking head. Inspired by ScreenStudio, it allows you to effortlessly create polished recordings directly from your browser. A couple of technical highlights I'm particularly proud of: Initially, I used ReMotion but ran into limitations. I ended up building my…

Nice work! I really like how simple it was to get started. I know this would make it a bit harder to signup, but I think you should consider creating a Chrome Extension that allows you to get the real mouse coordinates, if possible. I think the animations feel a bit rougher compared to ScreenStudio, so maybe having the real coordinates would help. But maybe that's fixable with more smoothing or easing.

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by TrapLord_Rhodo »

johnwheeler wrote: post #92
TrapLord_Rhodo wrote: post #91

I love the youtube series... raw, watching you build in the open is great. This would be a killer app to make youtube videos, but without the ability to download the video, you won't be able to post them. I can "Export" but then it just gives me a specific link that can be shared instead of the raw mp4 file. Do you plan on adding this feature?

Absolutely I will. In Chrome, you can right click the video and save it. Thank you for the kind words about the YouTube series - the idea is to build a tool I myself can use, so I have all sorts of things I want to add like title pages, text, etc.

Including some text that says "Right click to download" would dramatically decrease your bounce rate. I was a bounce without that feature.

That sounds like it would be a good niche to pivot into. Eventually you'll have to charge, so differentiating yourself here would be key.

Also, make sure you are aware of which 'channel' you are receiving your feedback from, and skewing your bias to account when deciding a roadmap. I see alot of comments saying self-hosted, which would be a bad use of development time at this stage. Obviously lock down encryption, and create a video-library similiar to loom but have that all hosted through the app.

how i could see a potential differentiation with this tool/ what i'd be interested in.

Consulting tool pivot: A tool to eliminate meetings

I own a consultanting company and i am always onboarding freelancers to certain tasks that i need them to do. Sometimes it's the same tasks that will be repeated, so they can always use the videos as a tool to 'refresh' themselves when they get stuck. It's like a video SOP, so what would be cool is if you used AI to create an 'SOP' from the video. Like links i clicked, folders and documents i interacted with and their location, etc. etc. This would be an invaluable tool for me at my company as every time i have a task that i need to delegate, i just create a loom video and then link all those things in an email which takes a long time.

For my clients it's the same exact thing, but showing them whats been done or answering any questions they have sent via email.

Youtube pivot:

Make a software for creators. Where they can record these videos for tutorials, with some kind of auto edditing features such as including intro's, outros.

Let's hop on a call and discuss (JK, saw the youtube video haha)

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by TrapLord_Rhodo »

Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #40
monkeywork wrote: post #31

Would love to be able to self host this tool - I'd be fine with purchasing a license to do so but I'd really rather not have this running on hardware that isn't mine - wrapping this up in a docker container that I can deploy would be mint.

Don't worry about the docker container right now, since the community can figure it out though it would obviously be a great step imo. First we really need the Source code of this tool though if we really want this tool to stay for posterity!

He builds in public on his youtube channel. he pretty much types every line of code onto the screen... No one can ever make everyone happy.

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

#109

Post by jitbit »

torarnv wrote: post #82

Does anyone have suggestions for tools similar to this/Screen Studio that works as a webcam on macOS? I'd like to share 2-3 windows, with those fancy backgrounds, and a camera overlay, in a 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratio, without needing to change the resolution of my ultra wide monitor or move/close all other windows etc.

cam.so (opensource, free for personal, local)

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

#110

Post by Imustaskforhelp »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #101
VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a fantasy of the hobby FOSS developer. "If I make something so great then people will still pay me even if I give it away for free!" A tiny percentage of people might still pay for it, but the vast majority will not, and will complain loudly about any attempts to monetize.

Why does everything need to be made for profit? Why does someone NEED to be paid for every project, every scrap of work? You said it yourself, this is a hobby FOSS developer. Key word hobby. Have people stopped understanding that others do things simply because they want to? Not everything is profit-driven, even on this site.

This is what I was referring to.

Though I can also understand the child comment on your comment as well. I think that is a reasonable statement as well.

This is a really weird ethical dilemma that I still hold, as a hobby creator myself (just not at a scale of really earning money,but boy I sure would want to ), I want to earn money from it but I also want to distribute it freely, I am not sure how I can get both.

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