Is it really a monopoly if alternatives like rumble and vimeo exist?

It's a hard question to answer for products that rely on user created content like this.

Rumble and vimeo provide basically the same service, but if you got fed up with YouTube and wanted to take your money (eyeballs) elsewhere, you can't, because rumble and vimeo don't have the same content at all. And if you were a creator you can't take your content elsewhere because there's no viewers.

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ChrisMarshallNY 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I prefer Vimeo, as a content publisher, but I don’t monetize, nor have I posted many vids. I’ve simply used the “pro” option, which I have recently let lapse.

I just feel that Vimeo’s video quality is better, and it gives more direct control of the content.

But I do so little video work, that it hasn’t been worth it to maintain the subscription.

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whywhywhywhy 4 days ago | parent [-]

Have you looked at Vimeo lately? It's hard to tell it even serves videos anymore, the platform part is completely hidden unless you get a direct link.

	▲	ChrisMarshallNY 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		No, but that doesn’t matter to me, because I only ever used it as a CDN for my videos, anyway.