commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoBending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down14
arrow-up1246arrow-down1external-linkBending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square41linkfedilink
minus-squarefelixwhynot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·6 days agoI 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
minus-squaredindonmasker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoFloatplane too i guess.
minus-squaregreybeard@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoI don’t know about Floatplane or Nebula, but Dropout uses Vimeo as their back end. So this could impact some of the independent guys.
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoAh shit, I hadn’t thought of that. Hopefully this gives them a kick to upgrade their system or get something of their own.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·6 days agoPatreon seems like the most likely competitor. I think some content is now hosted directly there.
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.
I don’t know about Floatplane or Nebula, but Dropout uses Vimeo as their back end. So this could impact some of the independent guys.
Ah shit, I hadn’t thought of that. Hopefully this gives them a kick to upgrade their system or get something of their own.
Patreon seems like the most likely competitor. I think some content is now hosted directly there.