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minus-squaree8d79@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-223 hours agoOther video hosting providers are available if it ever becomes a problem. I don’t think they will loose much sleep over this.
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-223 hours agoTrue, it doesn’t seem like something that would kill the business. But still, I would think the prospect of migrating an entire streaming service to a completely different platform might warrant losing at least a little sleep.
minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·21 hours agoWhat you lose is audience. People often aren’t willing to replatform for a single creator.
Other video hosting providers are available if it ever becomes a problem. I don’t think they will loose much sleep over this.
True, it doesn’t seem like something that would kill the business. But still, I would think the prospect of migrating an entire streaming service to a completely different platform might warrant losing at least a little sleep.
What you lose is audience. People often aren’t willing to replatform for a single creator.