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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by colejohnson66 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:20AM (#28380175)
A video subscription service created by Linus Media Group (LinusTechTips). Creators put their content ad-free on Floatplane, but can also put it other places (such as YouTube, and with ads). The users pay for the ad-free videos.
Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by sofixa on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:51AM (#28389630)
> Creators put their content ad-free on Floatplane, but can also put it other places (such as YouTube, and with ads). The users pay for the ad-free videos

So just like Nebula? It'd have been better if all the fleeing YouTubers had centralised on one alternative service, most people won't bother for multiple subscriptions.

Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by BiteCode_dev on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:22AM (#28380203)
Honestly, Linus is a seal of trust by itself at this point, so if they manage to keep up, they may gain traction.
Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by 0cVlTeIATBs on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:26PM (#28382859)
Can you explain why you think Linus/LMG/Floatplane's service is more trustworthy than YouTube? I do not share that opinion.

My starting position is that he is guided by business pressures not terribly different from YouTube's, from the following anecdata:

I understand Linus started Floatplane because his business relies on YouTube, a single point of failure

With PIA/Kape, he left whether or not to accept advertising dollars up to a user vote in YouTube's chat. It came out tied at first, and then he went to the Floatplane stream to break the tie, which ended in favor of accepting PIA advertising

In live streams he has spoken somewhat negatively about "free speech" advocates

I think Floatplane will simply go where the dollars go in the long run, and I see little in the way of moral conviction that they would e.g. fight government regulations or payment processor demands.

Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by busymom0 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @04:37PM (#28385235)
Agreed. Their terms of service is basically the same as YouTube. Just seems like a cash cow for him.
Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by busymom0 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:23AM (#28380217)
Ah, thanks for replying. I do trust him so hoping he can do well with the platform.

Edit: floatplane's TOS seems like they aren't any better than YouTube unfortunately.

Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by BiteCode_dev on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:57AM (#28380616)
Can you tell us more?