Re:YouTube deleted an electronics repair channel [video]
by _curious_ on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @10:57AM
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"I hope more content creators will mirror their videos on services they pay for and have more control over."
I think this is the key...using the YT up/until you no longer can and then (presumably once an audience is present) reverting to your backups/hosting and going 'indy'.
Re:YouTube deleted an electronics repair channel [video]
by joedevon on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @11:51AM
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Or retain shorter, teaser content on YT for marketing and a link to the full content on your main platform.
Re:YouTube deleted an electronics repair channel [video]
by giantrobot on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @02:44PM
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Then YouTube just downranks your teaser content and you end up effectively invisible.
For big content creators that depend on the ad revenue, I realize it really isn't practical to mirror everything on PeerTube. Even if you know how to run your own peertube server and keep up with security updates, now you're eating into your own ad revenue (with the advantage of keeping your videos online in case the YouTube robots and/or gods decide to take down your channel).
It's a double edge sword, but I hope more content creators will mirror their videos on services they pay for and have more control over.