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Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com)
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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 95 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

Floatplane too i guess.

[–] greybeard@feddit.online 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ah shit, I hadn't thought of that. Hopefully this gives them a kick to upgrade their system or get something of their own.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Patreon seems like the most likely competitor. I think some content is now hosted directly there.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That will simply never happen, YouTube I think is a two digit percentage of global Internet traffic.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

I doubt Vimeo was putting up numbers that actually competed, either, but it was there as an alternative.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Need to solve the discover-ability of it though. Peertube is only useful if you know what you're going there for.

[–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We need a Peektube to accompany it

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Video sharing is not a technically difficult problem in 2026. It really is just about making the money work.