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minus-squaree8d79@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 hours agoOther video hosting providers are available if it ever becomes a problem. I don’t think they will loose much sleep over this.
minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoWhat you lose is audience. People often aren’t willing to replatform for a single creator.
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·38 minutes agoBut they won’t be asked to repeat form. Dropout have their own website. Them changing service provider should be mostly invisible to consumers.
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-24 hours agoTrue, it doesn’t seem like something that would kill the business. But still, I would think the prospect of migrating an entire streaming service to a completely different platform might warrant losing at least a little sleep.
Other video hosting providers are available if it ever becomes a problem. I don’t think they will loose much sleep over this.
What you lose is audience. People often aren’t willing to replatform for a single creator.
But they won’t be asked to repeat form. Dropout have their own website. Them changing service provider should be mostly invisible to consumers.
True, it doesn’t seem like something that would kill the business. But still, I would think the prospect of migrating an entire streaming service to a completely different platform might warrant losing at least a little sleep.