Whelp, hopefully federated video sharing gets the momentum it needs to compete with YT. Seems like it’s the only alternative that’ll be left.
Video sharing is not a technically difficult problem in 2026. It really is just about making the money work.
I have seen a few smaller ones pop up too (admittedly not open source) like Nebula. I could see the appeal of a professional hosting service for creators
Floatplane too i guess.
Patreon seems like the most likely competitor. I think some content is now hosted directly there.
That will simply never happen, YouTube I think is a two digit percentage of global Internet traffic.
I doubt Vimeo was putting up numbers that actually competed, either, but it was there as an alternative.
Isn’t all of Dropout.tv hosted on Vimeo?
Edit: yes it is
“Do not build your own app. Vimeo’s right here. I don’t have to worry about customer service. I don’t have to worry about legal compliance… Our budget can go to what actually matters to us and what we’re actually good at, which is content."
Andrew Bridgman, Chief Digital Officer at Dropout
that might age poorly
Not a good news both for users and creators.
Price hikes coming… As usual with this company.
Hyaenas doing hyaena things.
Does Vimeo own their own their own infrastructure, or just lease streaming storage from AWS/Google/Whomever?
If the former, it could be a good takeover target.
