alt Hacker NewsCan you suggest a few video creators who are having success with this model? I watch quite a few video creators, and don’t know any trying to use this model.
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Most videographers are actively trying to be seen, are they not? How else would they transition into an agency/studio job with real customers and projects? I've never heard of a videographer that would accept obscurity in exchange for tech/platform sovereignty.
There's nebula.tv.
The people there are both video creators and their own hosts, or so I read. Got together and built themselves a host because YT was not what they needed.
LinusTechTips literally built their own video hosting site - Floatplane - exactly for this reason, to have a backup in case YouTube nukes their channel.
one possible example -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht9GwXQMgpo
i saw they post pretty well produced videos on youtube -- for folks like me
but also promote a more elaborate/detailed video series on the same/related topics on a separate subscription based platform
I have seen a few do the conversion. They usually start by cross posting on any video site they can. X, Rumble, locals, self hosting, discord, with usually some sort of patreon model of funding with maybe ad reads. Then what is left on YT is highlights of their other longer form content on other sites. The kicker is they do not need as many people following them as YT is not taking the majority of the ad revenue cut.
But if you want to see people trying to make the conversion just scroll the front page of Rumble. Many of them are trying to get out form under youtube and many have YT channels too. But Rumble is just another YT waiting to happen and they know it.
No, he can't, because there are none. It's a ludicrous model that exists only in the minds of HN commenters.
Personally I have seen a few over the years come and go. Podcasts (Adio and Video) for example often tried to use youtube as an additional channel, but still maintain their websites and RSS feeds.
It seems these days, most Youtube creators are at least somewhat aware of the problem and have websites, discord channels, patreons etc. While I still think many would struggle if they lost their youtube access suddenly, they do have additional channels to reach out to at least part of their audience.