Re:Popular Patreon creators are being hit with Vimeo price h...
by Nexxxeh on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @01:41PM
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>let's hope that does not put me in the top 1%
It might be worth starting to look at before it suddenly becomes urgent...
As the ship sinks, they've possibly already lost nearly a third of their previous "top 1%".
["The company noted that over 70 percent of users flagged for excessive bandwidth choose to either upgrade to a custom plan or lower their bandwidth usage." - Without further breakdown, that's 30% that didn't choose either option, who presumably jumped or were pushed.]
Re:Popular Patreon creators are being hit with Vimeo price h...
by max599 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:24PM
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>they've possibly already lost nearly a third of their previous "top 1%".
I suspect a lot of them won't be leaving for real when they start shopping around for alternatives. The numbers I see looks in line with what you would normally pay for cloud services.
Re:Popular Patreon creators are being hit with Vimeo price h...
by ilrwbwrkhv on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @01:33PM
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200gb bandwidth should cost you a buck or 2 / month in streaming. What's your total storage size? Should we around .01 / GB.
Re:Popular Patreon creators are being hit with Vimeo price h...
by LegitShady on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @02:05PM
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Thats maybe pure bandwidth costs with whoever you get bandwidth from. Most people can’t set up their own password protected video streaming service.
Re:Popular Patreon creators are being hit with Vimeo price h...
by buggeryorkshire on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:56PM
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Plus reencoding costs? Hosting the video in multiple formats for different devices?
Re:Popular Patreon creators are being hit with Vimeo price h...
by ilrwbwrkhv on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @04:19PM
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Encoding is often free such as at BunnyCDN
Edit: I'm paying for the "pro" vimeo option currently.