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[–] sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's a vicious circle.

People don't use other video services because there aren't much content.

Content creator don't upload their videos to other video services because there aren't viewers.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

It costs content creators almost nothing to upload to PeerTube in addition to Youtube. Shifter and Oh The Urbanity! manage it; why can't others?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

People don't host video sites because of how demanding and not profitable it is.

YouTube doesn't break even. Google runs it at a loss just to have that advantage.

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 1 points 2 weeks ago

And hosting lots of videos is expensive