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Re:Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work by lobocinza on Saturday February 19, 2022 @08:20PM (#30402288)
Probably not that expensive. Vimeo cheapest plan is $7/month (w/ limits) and $50 for unlimited plan and cloud storage (for backup) is cost competitive. Even having it on a local disk would probably be enough. But... it's not your fault. It's just that despite the propaganda these companies don't give a fuck about their users.
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Re:Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work by hnshit2 on Sunday February 20, 2022 @01:40AM (#30403731)
cost competitive against free? lol
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Re:Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work by AitchEmArsey on Sunday February 20, 2022 @04:25AM (#30404413)
Evidently "free" has other costs, like "we're going to delete your stuff and there's nothing you can do about it".

So on balance I'd say paying for something is a pretty good deal.

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Re:Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work by Ekaros on Sunday February 20, 2022 @05:16AM (#30404652)
Free is perfect for content that is free to make. If your content has clear monetary value in workhourse, why not pay at least fraction of that for actual service?
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Re:Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work by lobocinza on Sunday February 20, 2022 @07:09AM (#30405098)
Free as in serfdom, you don't own a thing, you have no right, your content can be deleted for any reason at any time without recourse.
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