I find it ironic since they essentially booted me off their platform for creating some vaguely-commercial content (I was a paying customer at the time). Left a very sour taste in my mouth esp. since other people they seemed to ignore.
Vimeo: “We are a B2B solution, not the indie version of YouTube.”
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#12> She’s uploaded 117 subscriber-only videos so far, and each one only gets around 150 views on average. Her most viewed video has around 815 views. … Her bandwidth usage was within the top 1 percent of Vimeo users, the company said Well that’s telling. Sounds like a company that’s on the rocks trying to squeeze money out of a small number of users to survive.
Apparently her videos are multiple-hour long. So, caveats applied.
Re: Vimeo: “We are a B2B solution, not the indie version of YouTube.”
#13Wasn't the indie side their original spin ?
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#14> She’s uploaded 117 subscriber-only videos so far, and each one only gets around 150 views on average. Her most viewed video has around 815 views. … Her bandwidth usage was within the top 1 percent of Vimeo users, the company said Well that’s telling. Sounds like a company that’s on the rocks trying to squeeze money out of a small number of users to survive.
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#15As a consumer of Vimeo content from musicians and comedians, I can translate this to English: “We have given up trying to produce a competitive consumer solution because we can’t be bothered to hire a UX designer or do any basic consumer-level testing of our product at all. Fuck if we know how to make things work. But business don’t care.”
I think it's less "because we can't be bothered" and more "because we don't want to compete with YouTube"
"Can't afford to compete" would also be accurate.
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#16Am I the only one thinking, "fair enough" ? Vimeo has transitioned through different strategic directions, and seems to have settled on B2B -- if this doesnt work for a platform user, move platform.
Giving the creators a week or less notice and demanding such a sharp increase in fees is nothing less than a shakedown.
Had they given them a 30 day heads up, I can't see much room for criticism.
Re: Vimeo: “We are a B2B solution, not the indie version of YouTube.”
#17Am I the only one thinking, "fair enough" ? Vimeo has transitioned through different strategic directions, and seems to have settled on B2B -- if this doesnt work for a platform user, move platform.
I just think they should have given users much more warning, so they have time to migrate.
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#18> She’s uploaded 117 subscriber-only videos so far, and each one only gets around 150 views on average. Her most viewed video has around 815 views. … Her bandwidth usage was within the top 1 percent of Vimeo users, the company said Well that’s telling. Sounds like a company that’s on the rocks trying to squeeze money out of a small number of users to survive.
To be fair more than 9 out of 10 of youtube users don't get +10K views too...
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#19So according to the cited creators Patreon she is now using Patreon's homegrown video hosting. [0]
If 117 videos with about 800 views are 99th percentile of bandwidth usage among the customers I'd argue the company is dead. All the standard plans on their website are (according to the article) useless, since they get cancelled if you actually make use of the platform. Leaves the question which companies would rely on Vimeo for their videos. YouTube does it for free...
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#20They seem to host a lot of recorded webinars and courses that can be made behind paywalls or memberships
I think it’s a shakedown of those users. They probably think they can get a big cash infusion while those people migrate out. If you had a business hosting training videos then 1 week isn’t enough time to migrate you might end up eating a month or 2 at extortion pricing