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VIDEO PLATFORMS ... YOUTUBE Now That YouTube is Dying, Here Are Better Alternatives Original article: https://medium.com/yardcouch-com/now-that-youtube-is-dying-here-are-better-alternatives-29b7f75d7ab7 Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess | ||
Now That YouTube is Dying, Here Are Better Alternatives
Written by Isaiah McCall October 7th 2022 · YouTube is the next MTV YouTube is going the way of MTV. It’s like a once-great rock band that’s been taken over by corporations, sellouts, and grifters. Ask yourself:
“The year is 2044, I have to wait for 40 ads so I can watch a 5-second video” -RedditYouTube has gotten worse because they are shit scared of appearing un-advertiasable. It’s become overrun by clickbait, low-quality content, censorship, and is no longer a place where starving artists and gumshoes can make a living. We came to YouTube in search of creative freedom and a platform that would showcase our work to the world. And while it did that for a while, YouTube is now nothing better than television with extra steps. I’m done. Like Netflix to Blockbuster, we need a better solution. It’s time to move on to other platforms that don’t suck. Here are five better alternatives to YouTube: 1. Twitter “Splitting revenue with video creators like YouTube could be a huge unlock. We could literally give video creators 100% of their ad revenue up to $1m then do split.” — Elon Musk Private Twitter TextsThe Elon Musk Twitter texts are an absolute masterclass in how things get done at the highest level. Do CEOs like Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Larry Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried decide the fate of the world in corporate board rooms? No! They do it over group chat, apparently. If you haven’t read these messages, you’re missing out on the most important thing happening in tech right now. It’s a war between old money and new money, with Twitter being the ultimate weapon. In a nutshell, Elon wants to make Twitter compete against YouTube. It’s fucking nuts. Here’s what he has planned:
If anything was ever going to compete against YouTube, it’s this. 2. TikTok I’m on record saying TikTok is hot garbage rotting your kid’s brain like a hikikomori in a Japanese anime, but I’m also on record saying it’s the future of social media. And that’s because TikTok has made a major shift towards long-form content. In the past, TikTok was all about short, Vine-like videos that were popular with teenagers. But now TikTok is gaining a slightly more educational edge with videos that are up to 10 minutes long: Some of the most popular videos on TikTok are now cooking tutorials, educational, makeup tips, and design advice. And even though the videos are still shot on a phone and often have terrible production value, they can be strangely compelling from time to time! Still… When all’s said and done, TikTok isn’t for me. (And the Chinese corruption and censorship don’t help) But they are stealing the younger demographic right out from under YouTube’s nose. 3. Rumble “Everyone has a Lambo or a Ferrari, it’s easy.” — Top G Andrew TateWhen YouTube banned Andrew Tate, they opened up the floodgates for a mass exodus of right-wing content creators and viewers. And while there are many platforms that have tried to capitalize on this, the most successful so far has been Rumble. Rumble is a Canadian-based video-sharing website that has become something of a refuge for conservative content creators. Steven Crowder is there, Russel Brand, Dan Bongino, heck, even the second oldest newspaper in America the New York Post who turned to the platform after a story was censored and happened to be accurate. I’m not sure how I feel about a 100% partisan website, but video platforms are heading the way of the media. If you’re a rational thinker who wants a fuller picture you’ll have your left-wing platform (YouTube, NYT), right-wing (Rumble, WSJ) and centrist (Medium, Substack). 4. LBRY/Odysee I find a more interesting mix of content on Odysee these days than on YouTube. LBRY is an open-source, decentralized protocol for storing and sharing digital content. It’s sort of like a cross between YouTube and BitTorrent. This is the most popular picture in the comments on Odysse: Source Odysse feels like the early days of YouTube: There’s community, upvotes and downvotes, and a mix of content that you won’t find anywhere else. The one downside is that it’s not as user-friendly as YouTube (as most crypto solutions often are). But it has potential. 5. There really isn’t a comparable platform yet YouTube took an incalculable loss of money to create what they have. They were able to do this because they were owned by Google, who could afford to lose a few billion dollars while they stole our data and gave us algorithms loco parentis. YouTube is a datafarm. It’s why “competitors” like Daily Motion and Vimeo never stood a chance. Nothing besides a pre-established platform could ever give YouTube a run for its money — and that’s why I’m excited to see what Elon Musk and Co. do with Twitter Video. (Trademark?) Final Thought There really isn’t another comparable platform to YouTube as of now, but people are looking for one. It’s because there are obvious places where it fails:
YouTube’s hegemony will not be an easy breakup. Like Google, YouTube is a verb that everyone uses: “Just YouTube it!” But YT is shooting itself in the foot with these asinine user policies; it’s disenfranchising the same users who made it what it is today. This is all to say that competition will improve YouTube, not kill it. And the sooner we find an alternative, the better. Well, it seems that Twitter deal is once again on hold (or at least complicated once again). We’ll see. Love you and happy Friday! Tell me what you think in the comments. Join 2000+ people on my Substack for a copy of my new eBook “Gold2.0.”
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