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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 12 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Hosting and storage costs, few can afford to be an alternative to an absolutely gigantic video storage platform that costs obscene money to maintain.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

I am causing a netloss to googs. I don’t pay for Google plus or whatever, and j don’t view their fucking ads. Win win if you ask me.

[–] glog78@digitalcourage.social -1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Sure, a service that manages an infinitely smaller amount of content and complexity. It is a situational tool, hardly a YouTube killer... the banner presented on the homepage professes that it's expensive to run and please donate.