RE: Quick and dirty review of YouTube alternatives
Twitch
The good: Easy livestreaming w/ live chat, videos stored, easy video download, monetization (with 40-50% fee to Amazon), good app, good notifications, no censorship so far.
The bad: Owned by Amazon, many claim censorship is around the corner.
DTube
The good: Best potential monetization option, great community, no censorship, blockchain.
The bad: No app, difficult upload process, poor surfacing of relevant content, limited audience.
Vimeo:
The bad: Free option is useless (500MB/wk, 5GB total); $84/yr only 5GB/wk, 250GB/yr; $240/yr gets 20GB/wk, 1TB/yr. I couldn't justify the expense.
Facebook:
I don't use it because I would be banned very quickly.
Periscope (not mentioned)
I'm banned forever. Not a bad alternative if you can use it and free. No monetization, can't easily download previous shows.
Bitchute
The good: Automatic upload from YouTube, better UI than DTube, potential for "viral" videos, more view potential than DTube, no censorship, blockchain.
The bad: No monetization, limited reach compared to YouTube.
DLive
The good: Livestreaming on the blockchain, monetization, no censorship.
The bad: Can't multicast to DLive and Twitch/YouTube with Restream.io, which makes it useless to me. Very limited reach, no app, poor UI.
@lifttheveil411 THANK YOU. Awesome writeup, that was all the work I was about to do. You just saved me so much time. Mind if I put your notes in a column in the table in the article with credit?
Do that! Combine those notes.
Very good info that you and @lifttheveil411 put out there.
This is all so interesting I don't dare get in the way ; )
@steempunkmedia
Let me also point out.
It’s not a question of whether or not @frankbacon is running an operation, it’s about how many he happens to be running at any give time