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Chinese video platform Bilibili is going global to challenge Youtube (www.engadget.com)

submitted 1 day ago by artifex@piefed.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The China-centric video sharing platform is expanding with a new international app and an English version of its website -- with no identity verification (for now at least)

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[–] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 hours ago

Assuredly this won't become the new "Tiktok ban" in the US.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 12 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (7 children)

yeah...ok...but no thanks...the idea is to use youtube less, not youtube++ more...but I guess a hosting alternative is good. Just not for anything even remotely critical of China.

[–] bugbear@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

and how many videos critical of China do you watch daily?

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[–] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 292 points 1 day ago (42 children)

I trust this as much as I trust big American tech platforms.

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 36 points 21 hours ago (21 children)

People in this thread having a normal one, predictably. Like even if (or especially if) you genuinely believe that China is the evil monster you were raised to believe, wouldn't you be at least a little bit curious to get a window into their online culture? Don't you want an opportunity for more interaction between Chinese and US/Western netizens?

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 20 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

As an American I've been using billibilli for a long long time as I consume a lot of Chinese media.

Billibilli is dog shit, the company is awful, the platform is cancer, and the entire thing makes YouTube and Google look like fucking saints.

Like holy fuck. I do not give one fucking flying piece of shit about china bad america good or any of that nonsense.

The fucking Chinese bullshit that people have to put up with on billibilli is outright nonsense. I just want to watch my fucking silly videos and dramas.

And all that said YouTube is ALSO dog shit with out any saving graces. It's all fucking awful.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

So... what? You're against this becoming more accessible outside of China?

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[–] blackberry28@sh.itjust.works 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The timing couldn't be better, considering that YouTube doubled the amount of views required to become a YouTube partner for new Creators. If you can get monetized on BiliBili aas well amd earn money with it like you can with YouTube, new Creators might indeed choose BiliBili over YT now.

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[–] paorzz@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Bilibibi is just as big as Youtube. There's almost no difference between them, except that one is the Chinese version and the other isn't.

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