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Re:They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [vi... by rexreed on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @09:28PM (#24574386)
Yes - why don't more people use Vimeo? I know that they have limits on uploads, especially on the free tier, but it's worth paying for because at least they know you're a customer and not a product.

For $900 a year you get 7 TB of video and unlimited live streaming. Yes, YouTube is cheaper (free) and brings a large audience. So you have to balance paying for something that's certain or being at the whim of the market maker.

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Re:They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [vi... by MaxBarraclough on Thursday September 24, 2020 @04:10AM (#24576448)
> why don't more people use Vimeo?

I believe it's because YouTube is as much a content-discovery platform as a content-delivery platform. If you only use Vimeo, very few people will discover your videos.

I don't know why more people don't upload to both, though.

> whim of the market maker

As I understand it, Vimeo are also far from perfect in this regard.

An interesting anecdote: the recent Michael Moore film, Planet of the Humans, was made freely available on YouTube, but was taken down after a copyright complaint. They moved the video to Vimeo, where it remains. (I can't comment on the legitimacy of the copyright complaint, and this is not an endorsement of the film.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Humans#Release

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