commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 3 MonatenBending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down15 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1244arrow-down1external-linkBending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 3 Monatenmessage-square41linkfedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·vor 3 MonatenWhat you lose is audience. People often aren’t willing to replatform for a single creator.
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-2vor 3 MonatenBut they won’t be asked to replatform. Dropout have their own website. Them changing service provider should be mostly invisible to consumers.
minus-squareJoelk111@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·vor 3 MonatenI’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.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·vor 3 MonatenVimeo is the backend, not the platform.
What you lose is audience. People often aren’t willing to replatform for a single creator.
But they won’t be asked to replatform. 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.
Vimeo is the backend, not the platform.