commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoBending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down13
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minus-squaree8d79@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoOther video hosting providers are available if it ever becomes a problem.
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-24 days 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-up2arrow-down3·4 days agoWhat you lose is audience. People often aren’t willing to replatform for a single creator.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoVimeo is the backend, not the platform.
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoBut they won’t be asked to repeat form. Dropout have their own website. Them changing service provider should be mostly invisible to consumers.
minus-squareJoelk111@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI’m sure it’ll be noticeable, but Dropout could market it as a fancy new update/UI. Users definitely aren’t going to have to migrate anywhere.
Other video hosting providers are available if it ever becomes a problem.
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.
Vimeo is the backend, not the platform.
But they won’t be asked to repeat form. Dropout have their own website. Them changing service provider should be mostly invisible to consumers.
I’m sure it’ll be noticeable, but Dropout could market it as a fancy new update/UI. Users definitely aren’t going to have to migrate anywhere.