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YouTube and Facebook Are Losing Creators to Blockchain-Powered Rivals

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Post by smoe »

ghaff wrote: post #76
koonsolo wrote: post #61

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I don't agree with your Netflix story. Most people don't prefer free, they prefer convenience. Spotify almost works properly as a centralized platform because almost all music is on there. But I know a few albums that aren't, and it's too bad. For Netflix, I have a subscription. But guess what I do when I want to watch the latest Walking Dead or Game of Thrones. I want it convenient, preferably legal, but most of all…

How is subscribing to HBO inconvenient? It's a combination of price and convenience. There's some upper limit to the monthly price you (and everyone else) is willing to pay for content.

"HBO GO. It's HBO. Anywhere."

click

"To access HBO GO℠, you must reside within the fifty states of the United States of America."

Some time ago while traveling I actively tried to find a way to pay to watch Game of Thrones. I failed miserably.

Also I really don't like having to have and manage subscription for various providers, nor do I like to be locked in with one. I would love to have a single subscription or even better pre-paid option somewhere which can be used across services and my money gets distributed accordingly.

Same with news media. I would be more than willing to pay a set amount per year for consumption, but I'm not willing to pay that amount exclusively to you.

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Post by simias »

kitotik wrote: post #109
Grue3 wrote: post #42

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YT wasn't very sad about stolen content when they were starting up...

They still are anything but sad about it. The amount of pirated music on their platform is mind boggling.

I wouldn't say that they're "sad" about it but they clearly seem to put the effort to remove it, it's possible to find some pirated content (movies, music, TV footage etc...) but it's definitely a lot more difficult than any other streaming site I'm aware of. Go to a website like dailymotion if you want to see a "mind boggling" amount of pirated content (and even then, it's relatively tame compared to even smaller streaming sites).

It's a clearly a consequence of Youtube being owned by a tech giant and having such a high profile, all the right holders are willing to tell their lawyers to pull the trigger if they find their content hosted illegally on Youtube. It's probably easier and cheaper for Google to be proactive about it than dealing with the probably tremendous amount of complaints that would be generated if they waited for right holders to make a move.

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Post by mcintyre1994 »

maxencecornet wrote: post #97
netzone wrote: post #87

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Well.. That's the point isn't it? I've never heard about it, and likely only people interested in blockchain stuff has, I would guess. On that note, are there any mainstream blockchain based sites or apps right now? Would be interesting to know.

>likely only people interested in blockchain stuff has Not sure, Furious Pete has moved his audience to Dtube and he is a fitness vlogger >On that note, are there any mainstream blockchain based sites or apps right now? Would be interesting to know I think that Circle is the most mainstream blockchain based app right now, because no one using it know that it's blockchain-based ! https://www.circle.com https://en.wiki…

Do you have any idea how Circle works? I guess nobody knows it's blockchain-based because it's instant and has no fees, which doesn't sound like a blockchain. Are they just making a loss and swallowing all the risk (covering fees and transfering real cash before any blockchain confirmations) or is something else going on?

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Post by maksimum »

EpicEng wrote: post #178
ghostbrainalpha wrote: post #173

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Look up Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on Youtube. If you can steal from Disney, Youtube doesn't care. And no these videos are not being monetized by the creator.

> And no these videos are not being monetized by the creator. How do you know that?

You could upload one yourself and you would get a notice if it gets monetized by the creator.

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Post by fredley »

paulie_a wrote: post #187
fredley wrote: post #78

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For Game of Thrones it's not such an issue, but I do feel bad if there's e.g. an old BBC film I want to watch, but there's no way to get it legally, sometimes at all. Other times it's £20 for a DVD. No way I'm paying three months of Netflix subscription (or a large fraction of a license fee) for that. The BBC has such an extensive and amazing back catalogue of content they wholly own. Why they don't chuck it on iPlay…

The creators of iPlayer must have had a meeting with the specific goal of making it worse than realplayer

Is it that bad? Compared to any other TV services' online offerings, it's leagues ahead.

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Post by miragle »

fortythirteen wrote: post #179
kadenshep wrote: post #174

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>content is extremist bullshit. Mainly just right+ extremists. No need to beat around the bush.

That's only because the left+ extremists are tolerated, if not condoned, on the SV run platforms.

That's probably because they're not posting abhorrent content.

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Post by logfromblammo »

acjohnson55 wrote: post #74
mrtksn wrote: post #52

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I think I just triggered a Vegan :) I have respect for Vegans despite being a huge meat lover. What I mean by extremism is that Vegans are extreme and controversial form certain philosophies and eating habits and those serious about Veganism more often than not claiming that people who eat meat are murderers and should be treated as such, framing this as "Us the spotless goodies vs them unredeemable baddies". In my b…

I think you may be conflating vegans in general with extremist vegans. Perhaps most normal vegans simply don't create YouTube content.

Vegans are already extremist vegetarians. Extremist vegans are extremism squared.

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Post by macintux »

Sabinus wrote: post #141
amelius wrote: post #117

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Perhaps the biggest problem with Youtube is discoverability. Youtube's algorithms determine what you will see next. How is that solved on the decentralized platforms? How does discoverability work, what assumptions does it make, and can it be "gamed"?

Why does the algorithm have to show you what content to watch? Just have it a good search and tagging system and the user will figure out what they need.

Surfacing content you don't know you want is something an algorithm can be quite good at. I don't know that I would have ever discovered HISHE, for example, without it.
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