commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoBending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down14
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkBending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up91arrow-down1·5 days agoWhelp, hopefully federated video sharing gets the momentum it needs to compete with YT. Seems like it’s the only alternative that’ll be left.
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoVideo sharing is not a technically difficult problem in 2026. It really is just about making the money work.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoNeed to solve the discover-ability of it though. Peertube is only useful if you know what you’re going there for.
minus-squareTrilogy3452@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoWe need a Peektube to accompany it
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·5 days agoThat will simply never happen, YouTube I think is a two digit percentage of global Internet traffic.
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoI doubt Vimeo was putting up numbers that actually competed, either, but it was there as an alternative.
minus-squarefelixwhynot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·5 days agoI have seen a few smaller ones pop up too (admittedly not open source) like Nebula. I could see the appeal of a professional hosting service for creators
minus-squaregreybeard@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoI don’t know about Floatplane or Nebula, but Dropout uses Vimeo as their back end. So this could impact some of the independent guys.
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoAh shit, I hadn’t thought of that. Hopefully this gives them a kick to upgrade their system or get something of their own.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·5 days agoPatreon seems like the most likely competitor. I think some content is now hosted directly there.
minus-squaredindonmasker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoFloatplane too i guess.
Whelp, hopefully federated video sharing gets the momentum it needs to compete with YT. Seems like it’s the only alternative that’ll be left.
Video sharing is not a technically difficult problem in 2026. It really is just about making the money work.
Need to solve the discover-ability of it though. Peertube is only useful if you know what you’re going there for.
We need a Peektube to accompany it
That will simply never happen, YouTube I think is a two digit percentage of global Internet traffic.
I doubt Vimeo was putting up numbers that actually competed, either, but it was there as an alternative.
I have seen a few smaller ones pop up too (admittedly not open source) like Nebula. I could see the appeal of a professional hosting service for creators
I don’t know about Floatplane or Nebula, but Dropout uses Vimeo as their back end. So this could impact some of the independent guys.
Ah shit, I hadn’t thought of that. Hopefully this gives them a kick to upgrade their system or get something of their own.
Patreon seems like the most likely competitor. I think some content is now hosted directly there.
Floatplane too i guess.