• Arkouda@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Compelling argument.

    I will just go and do a quick search to find plenty of alternative hosting platforms and choose to use one of them to immediately distribute video content and nullify your only point.

    Youtube only maintains a monopoly if people choose to use the platform. Alternatives exist. Self hosting exists. Doing something more productive than posting “content” online exists. Lets not forget about the film industry.

    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Having a website people can theoretically watch your video on isn’t distribution.

      People watching your video is distribution.

      There’s nowhere but YouTube where you can host video and have actual meaningful viewership be a possibility. YouTube has an absolute, complete dominance of the video space.