Why YouTube Has No Competitors

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  • čas přidán 28. 02. 2024
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    If CZcams disappeared tomorrow, where would you go? Yeah, there’s TikTok, Dailymotion, Twitch, Vimeo, and all kinds of other sites, but it’s just quite not the same, is it? Not only do they host different types of content, the culture, and communities they’ve created are just different from what we experienced with CZcams. And it certainly is something you’ve noticed. Any other video sharing sites that have tried to compete with the platform, haven’t come close.
    But, why? How are there no competitors to CZcams? Could you be the first to create one?
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  • @nationsquid
    @nationsquid  Před 3 měsíci +43

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    • @Infisrael
      @Infisrael Před 3 měsíci +2

      1 day ago..

    • @Foam_Woa
      @Foam_Woa Před 3 měsíci

      This video was posted 2 hours ago. CZcams needs to fix it's system if they want to keep it so they have no competition tbh...

    • @krazykaid
      @krazykaid Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@Foam_Woathey probably posted the comment before it went public

    • @Foam_Woa
      @Foam_Woa Před 3 měsíci

      @@krazykaid oh, that probably would make more sense. still, yt does have lots of bugs and glitches

    • @taavi948
      @taavi948 Před 3 měsíci

      I’ve given up on CZcams. I couldn’t find you on odysse

  • @utsubasa4043
    @utsubasa4043 Před 3 měsíci +902

    It's really sad that CZcams has no competitors. It is getting less and less creator friendly with all the false yellow marks distrubuted all around videos while the ads CZcams themselves play out are much more deserving of yellow marks. I hope that there will be a competitor soon so that CZcams can strive to improve and actually listen to the community.

    • @MetalchipCovers
      @MetalchipCovers Před 3 měsíci +51

      There are competitors, kinda, like Odysee (a decentralised youtube) Rumble (a way more alt political youtube) & Peertube (an instance based youtube; viewable and usable on many mastodon and pixifed instances)

    • @Captainspark05
      @Captainspark05 Před 3 měsíci

      I​@@MetalchipCovers

    • @megatronskneecap
      @megatronskneecap Před 3 měsíci

      None of these platforms have nearly enough money to provide its creators with proper payouts. That's the problem Twitter has had for ages too. Google is a near trillion dollar company, others really aren't even touching the surface of that valuation. CZcams also got a what 10 year head start to the others that started coming out later so yeah there's that too. @@MetalchipCovers

    • @Woodman3
      @Woodman3 Před 3 měsíci +11

      Daily motion has left the chat

    • @baldman621
      @baldman621 Před 3 měsíci +9

      actually,there is one.rumble,and it barely has rules

  • @KingcoleIIV
    @KingcoleIIV Před 3 měsíci +263

    "advertisers" claiming to have "values" when most of them are soulless corporations is ironic.

    • @SL4RK
      @SL4RK Před 3 měsíci +14

      Whereas on television, they don't care at all,
      what content their adverts are running under,
      maybe it's even another mtv show with a lot of controversy and foul language.

    • @SL4RK
      @SL4RK Před 3 měsíci +9

      But on CZcams, they decided to play moralist,
      it's ridiculous and ridiculous to see advertisers taking offence at an unfortunate and extremely stupid joke,
      does it make any sense that after watching another pew video I will decide not to buy a can of coca cola ?
      even though I don't drink that rubbish anyway....

    • @photontinkerer
      @photontinkerer Před 3 měsíci +5

      By "values" they mean that they don't want to be associated with something controversial that'll damage their brand. In the end it's just about money. They panic a bit more about online content that's way more unpredictable then something sterile a movie studio would produce, and not product placement they can review beforehand.

    • @SL4RK
      @SL4RK Před 3 měsíci +12

      @@photontinkerer How short sighted do you have to be to accuse them of sponsoring and endorsing anything, the advertising market doesn't work that way, but yeah I forgot, we live in the 2020s
      Ignorance and stupidity have reached the moon.

    • @1marcelfilms
      @1marcelfilms Před 3 měsíci +6

      values also known as supporting the current thing

  • @SnowWhite-kf8qo
    @SnowWhite-kf8qo Před 3 měsíci +344

    "although copyrighted content is illegal it do not have that same level as disgust" x 2 (9:35 repeated clip)

    • @itsmefrifri_
      @itsmefrifri_ Před 3 měsíci

      It almost sounds he's a human whaha. No biggie!

    • @just_content8741
      @just_content8741 Před 3 měsíci +68

      It's probably a take he was not happy with and rerecorded it, but forgot to cut out the original clip.

    • @anthonygotttheonly
      @anthonygotttheonly Před 3 měsíci +4

      Slurp Juice

    • @douglaspantz
      @douglaspantz Před 3 měsíci +22

      trimming out stuff is basically the only thing you can do to edit youtube videos, it'll probably get fixed

    • @ecthree
      @ecthree Před 3 měsíci +3

      yeah saw that too

  • @user-sb5fm1gk7l
    @user-sb5fm1gk7l Před 3 měsíci +150

    People talk about Nebula, but it's not just subscription, but also gated creator space. You can only upload videos there if you were invited or at least had negotiating power to make them want to have you. So, not even mentioning the limited range and amount of content for users, you cannot join Nebula as a creator unless you're already successful. It is a niche business model with which YT simply can't be overtaken, by design. It exists on the base of other platforms LIKE CZcams.

    • @photontinkerer
      @photontinkerer Před 3 měsíci +15

      It's always going to have to be gated for their business model to exist. Like so many others, the state of CZcams gave birth them them but trying to be CZcams would destroy them. They need to guarantee that the person they're signing up has a track record of producing videos that are compatible with the themes of their platform, and people actually want to watch. It's only possible if those creators are "vetted" by previous CZcams uploads beforehand. CZcams still takes on the mess of all the unpredictable new creators.

    • @chameleonhrt
      @chameleonhrt Před 3 měsíci +8

      This. People mentioning Nebula seem like they're delusional if they think it will ever be an actual competitor.

    • @Big-Image
      @Big-Image Před 2 měsíci +3

      Had Nebula actually been free, it would've been an actual competitor to CZcams. Instead we got trash like TikTok.

    • @user-sb5fm1gk7l
      @user-sb5fm1gk7l Před 2 měsíci +12

      @@Big-Image Part of their business model is hosting stuff that would be demonetized on YT in order to attract creators and costumers. Demonetized because it's not advertiser friendly.
      And if you don't want to rely on advertisers you need another source of revenue. Hence subscription. So it's doubtful that they would be able to grow the way they do if Nebula was free.

    • @39zack
      @39zack Před 2 měsíci +1

      People tried to be cool and create their own platform when what they should have done was to join Floatplane. But instead we now have 2 platform that basically work the same

  • @MacUser2-il2cx
    @MacUser2-il2cx Před 3 měsíci +147

    CZcams had a bunch of really good content creators back in the day who were just regular people with no money or production value. It was fun. It was stupid. It was entertaining like goofing off with your friends. Monetizing it and making it a full time job where you are forced to pump out content even if it's fabricated drama, that's when it lost it's soul. Top that off, some older channels have been taken down by CZcams or removed by the content creators themselves out of embarrassment. Makes it harder to archive things.

    • @DoalTheAngel
      @DoalTheAngel Před 3 měsíci +22

      Lets not forget about the stupid verified commenters who bought channels and spam their crap everywhere. It ruins the authenticity of what made the comments special

    • @bchristian85
      @bchristian85 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I can think of a few of my favorite channels and how they were a decade ago compared to today, and the tone of the videos completely changed when the channels went monetized, even down to the tone of the host's voice. Past that point, the videos were no longer as interesting and were centered more around fitting in the advertisement for the sponsor.

    • @MacUser2-il2cx
      @MacUser2-il2cx Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@bchristian85 AVGN is a good example.

    • @bchristian85
      @bchristian85 Před 2 měsíci

      Thoughty2 was the one I was thinking of, and yes, AVGN very much as well. Also, that channel "What If." @@MacUser2-il2cx

    • @JoeContext
      @JoeContext Před měsícem +4

      CZcams monetization feels like a double-edged sword. On the one hand, when the creators are what make the site, it makes sense at first to give them a bit of the profit for their work, but over time it all became about the money

  • @elianewinter2638
    @elianewinter2638 Před 3 měsíci +59

    From my standpoint as German/western person I agree that it’s quite difficult to find a good alternative to youtube. But at least for the Asian side of the world, especially, Japanese and Chinese users, I think there certainly *are* competitors to youtube. Like niconico Douga and BiliBili

  • @evanlee93
    @evanlee93 Před 3 měsíci +46

    social media giants rushed in to fill their niches and now nobody wants to move on. the only reason myspace became totally irrelevant was because justin timberlake turned it into a weird music site.

    • @Azurethewolf168
      @Azurethewolf168 Před 3 měsíci +9

      That’s not all, it was also just unable to compete with Facebook

    • @weird-guy
      @weird-guy Před 3 měsíci +4

      Myspace wasn´t even popular in my country it was hi5, but you know what was in the 2010s the awnser is facebook.

    • @joelyball3798
      @joelyball3798 Před 2 měsíci +4

      I loved MySpace in it's golden days 😭. I was so sad when it died and got replaced by the uniformity of Facebook.

    • @Azurethewolf168
      @Azurethewolf168 Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@joelyball3798 it’s kind of sad that in the early internet you could customize so much of your profile and now it’s all mostly the same. The whole hurdle of mobile not being able to do the same stuff as computers and thus needing different designs is not really an argument anymore since phones are a lot more powerful now. It would be nice if we would get that functionality back, but tbh it makes no sense to add aesthetic things to a multi billion dollar company.

    • @joelyball3798
      @joelyball3798 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Azurethewolf168 I absolutely agree! Do you remember all the random webpages created by people about their niche hobbies and interests, complete with ridiculously busy backgrounds and nonsensical spinning graphics?! I loved that era of the internet; granted you could end up with some awful viruses if you weren't careful 😅 but I agree it's a real shame that everything has become so bland now in comparison. Google actively encourages you to have a uniform looking website to rank highly in their search for a better user experience, but it's a real shame that everything is dictated by money now... I suppose in reality it always has been.

  • @alpha_c4
    @alpha_c4 Před 3 měsíci +30

    CZcams does have competitors, but nobody knows about them

    • @Pyro17633
      @Pyro17633 Před 3 měsíci +31

      That means they’re not competitors, as they have no chance of (currently) overtaking CZcams

    • @alpha_c4
      @alpha_c4 Před 3 měsíci

      Oh, yeah, I didn't think of that.

    • @BoyEclipse73
      @BoyEclipse73 Před 2 měsíci

      No, they are ‘smallest competitors’, like for example, Dailymotion & Vimeo, they are small

    • @JustAnotherAlchemist
      @JustAnotherAlchemist Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Pyro17633Self fulfilling prophecy. "Nobody uses X, so you shouldn't use X."

    • @Pyro17633
      @Pyro17633 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@JustAnotherAlchemist Not necessarily. But calling a site a CZcams competitor means it has to somewhat compete with CZcams. Most of these sites are only close because they also host video

  • @SoulfullyUnaware
    @SoulfullyUnaware Před 3 měsíci +148

    I've seen Nebula grow a lot in recent years due to the fact that the creators get a piece of the pie themselves. Yes, it is a subscription model, but you not only help the creators directly, but also there are a lot of more informative content that would probably get you demonetized over here. But in my mind, it is the closest competitor. No other has spread to so many creators. It's almost like a patron in a weird way.

    • @weird-guy
      @weird-guy Před 3 měsíci +23

      Most use nebula like a patreon alternative and continue using youtube, is like saying floatplane is a youtube alternative, it´s not not even close.

    • @axethepenguin
      @axethepenguin Před 3 měsíci +8

      No it is not the closest competitor, CZcams is free! That’s why it’s used

    • @Nykandros
      @Nykandros Před 3 měsíci +15

      Nebula will never compete simply because it's paid lol. That alone puts YT in an entirely different stratosphere of growth

    • @SoulfullyUnaware
      @SoulfullyUnaware Před 3 měsíci

      @@weird-guy yea, I mean of course it's not close to YT. YT is quite literally a complete monopoly, so of course nothing is going to come close to Google's coffers lmao. But I was simply stating that I do see Nebula growing because of the way the platform is ran. More and more creators are seeing the positives to uploading to a site like Nebula with it supporting the creators themselves. So now, it's being adopted by more than just information based channels. Yea, it kind of is like a patreon, but you get access to everyone's content and not just one person's.

    • @chameleonhrt
      @chameleonhrt Před 3 měsíci +6

      I wondered if someone was going to say this in the comments. Sorry to say, but it will be a never be seen as a competitor as long as it's a paid service.

  • @north.
    @north. Před 3 měsíci +15

    One part you forgot to add, while youtube premium, movies and etc gives google revenue, they also at the same time make money by selling your data to third party.

  • @test-rj2vl
    @test-rj2vl Před 2 měsíci +5

    Dailymotion could very easily add just safe search setting that by default is switched to safe. That would solve the problem you mentioned at 9:19.

  • @After4th
    @After4th Před 3 měsíci +16

    Don't forget there used to be Blip. Many OG creators who do movie reviews migrated to Blip due to copyright policies despite fair use and can be immediately monetized. Multi network channels have their own websites with Blip videos embedded.

  • @MicrophonicFool
    @MicrophonicFool Před 3 měsíci +18

    Only another of the top 5 tech companies could possibly afford to build it. The amount of STORAGE alone far exceeds the connectivity side of things. Storage and the increase thereof is much more labour intensive and while some media storage costs have decreased over time, MANAGEABLE storage and the redundancy needed to avoid disaster is one of the most expensive things a data center needs. Power/cooling is another of the large expenditures. Bandwidth for Google is nearly free in comparison. Source: Managed corporate Data Centers for a living.

  • @TheElusiveReality
    @TheElusiveReality Před 3 měsíci +24

    if youtube disappeared tomorrow my life would be upside down, i dont even watch tv anymore i almost exclusively watch youtube videos. in the Worst of my depression i could watch over 8 hrs of youtube in a day lmao just sitting there smoking weed and trying to keep my mind busy with videos

    • @caifabe8050
      @caifabe8050 Před 3 měsíci +3

      AYO SAME

    • @CandyGirl44
      @CandyGirl44 Před 3 měsíci +4

      CZcams has literally saved my sanity, if not my life.
      We have daily rolling blackouts, and being able to watch downloaded videos in the dark, either with mosquitoes attacking as soon as the fan dies, or freezing in winter, makes a huge difference, it takes your mind off your corrupt government and the creeping poverty and unemployment, along with the hopeless feeling that you can do nothing about it.
      And when I went through a bad patch, I could distract myself on CZcams, or watch videos with people experiencing the same thing.
      My condition leaves me with chronic insomnia, and it helps there too, soothing voices especially of disaster and crime channels, that play through the night, my husband falls asleep the moment his head hits the pillow, no matter the time, and if you can't sleep his snoring creates murderous thoughts so the distraction is welcome...

  • @D_mn
    @D_mn Před 3 měsíci +39

    I mean, a lot of people forget about Nebula but it's paywall sadly. I just wish the world was less money oriented sometimes.

    • @JokullFrosti
      @JokullFrosti Před 3 měsíci +14

      Nebula is more in the realm of Netflix than CZcams.

    • @WildWildWeasel
      @WildWildWeasel Před 3 měsíci +8

      Nebula isn't worth it

    • @D_mn
      @D_mn Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@JokullFrosti Yeah you might be right. I do remember some pretty good creators on there like Kento Bento but it's not really the same because of that accesability. Never tried it myself to say, though.

    • @weird-guy
      @weird-guy Před 3 měsíci +9

      Nebula is patreon with extra steps.

    • @CaptainJack2048
      @CaptainJack2048 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Agreed, but it would have to be the *whole* world, unfortunately. If you add up all of the people that are involved, from the content creators to the people who make the computers to the people who run the power plants to the people who dig the trenches to run the wires to the people who dig the ore that makes the metals and semiconductors, the economics would have to not just be less money-oriented, but completely different. I'm all in favor, I've never seen an economic model I really liked, but I don't really know where to start a change of that scale either.

  • @plagueofangel8694
    @plagueofangel8694 Před 3 měsíci +27

    I mean the biggest reason, like you said, is cost. YT only just became barely profitable as is and its only getting more expensive to run. Video hosting is such a ruinously expensive business model that any competitor would quickly be on the verge of bankruptcy

  • @JustTaaco
    @JustTaaco Před 3 měsíci +20

    I'm just going off the title, but youtube does have competitors, they just arent centralized! Peertube and odysee are examples. I dont know much about Odysee just know it exists, but i know most Peertube instances focus on education, while quite a few others focus more on entertainment. I do actually hope some youtubers will swap to these alternative, but its unlikely and unrealistic. These platforms dont pay, and are normally ran on donations, so a career on them just isnt viable.
    Edit: Thanks for the replies, and i kinda made some mistakes...
    First- No, peertube is NOT an alternative for youtube (I'm just not big brain in the slightest, it litterally says this in the FAQ)
    Second-from what i can see, odysee is kinda like the Twitter of video platforms, it's not a great experience :/

    • @ptanker9236
      @ptanker9236 Před 3 měsíci +10

      It’s obvious why CZcams has “no competitors” sure there’s Odysee and such, but it’s impossible to move to those sites permanently because of how unpopularized they are.
      Odysee and Peertube aren’t true competitors, they’re still in beta and showcase what it would be like for an alternate video streaming site, but it feels more like a tour site that you’d temporarily browse through.

    • @JokullFrosti
      @JokullFrosti Před 3 měsíci +11

      They aren't really competitors because nobody uses them. That's like saying some middle schooler running a 5k is a competitor to an Olympic marathon runner.

    • @Writer_Productions_Map
      @Writer_Productions_Map Před 3 měsíci +3

      PeerTube isn't a CZcams alternative, and Odysee is a politicized hole

    • @HK47_115
      @HK47_115 Před 2 měsíci

      There's a difference between an alternative and a competitor my guy. Those are alternatives, but they're not competitors. Because they don't bring real competition to youtube. They don't have CZcams running for their money. Unfortunately only tik Tok does. Which means they're the only true competitor. There are many alternatives, but only one true competitor.

  • @Imissthefuhrer
    @Imissthefuhrer Před 3 měsíci +7

    CZcams is becoming more and more like tv. Advertisers are going to ruin it.

  • @mikubrot
    @mikubrot Před 3 měsíci +124

    it's unfortunate that any sort of youtube that has less rules/restrictions always gets filled up with the worst kinds of people

    • @arkhererallegedlyer
      @arkhererallegedlyer Před 3 měsíci

      I see it more that people want a less restricted space, but don't like the fact it means that people with bad beliefs also get to have a less restricted space. So they abandon it instead of making it work for them. It's like staying off a life raft because a racist uses it. Instead of making sure other people get to use it, you LET racists control it.

    • @godstenrules
      @godstenrules Před 3 měsíci +22

      "Worst kind of people," you mean people with different political views and opinions?
      That's called free speech!

    • @hatyyy
      @hatyyy Před 3 měsíci

      @@godstenrules they are filled with hate speech, not free speech

    • @StemonWasHere
      @StemonWasHere Před 3 měsíci

      I don't think calling for a complete extermination of a group of people is covered in free speech ​@@godstenrules

    • @varietychan
      @varietychan Před 3 měsíci +14

      @@godstenrulesno, people like Jack Doughrty or Johnny Somoli

  • @intraterrestrial5035
    @intraterrestrial5035 Před 3 měsíci +143

    I refuse to get into tiktok 😂

    • @Woodman3
      @Woodman3 Před 3 měsíci +21

      I have used tiktok before a few years ago and it was so addictive I had to stop. (Glad I did)

    • @Azurethewolf168
      @Azurethewolf168 Před 3 měsíci +11

      I refuse to get into any social media but CZcams, which has actual informational content on it

    • @Micah_YT
      @Micah_YT Před 3 měsíci +7

      ​@@Woodman3Good job! I am proud of you

    • @ericcarabetta1161
      @ericcarabetta1161 Před 3 měsíci +9

      I despise vertical video so much.

    • @damlatorun6756
      @damlatorun6756 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Finally someone with a brain

  • @gabe_s_videos
    @gabe_s_videos Před 3 měsíci +32

    You are the only person I ever hear discussing the pros and cons of CZcams from an objective business perspective. I hear plenty of people airing their grievances, many of which are valid, but they won't even humor the notion that, whether they like it or not, CZcams kind of does need regular income to just exist, so it's either humor that notion or not have CZcams any more (as a wise convenience store clerk once said, "Shit or get off the pot").
    I can also feel only so bad for people who's entire livelihood depends on CZcams. Most of the time, that was their decision. Relying on a system that has been largely automated for longer than it hasn't doesn't seem like a wise career choice. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
    I'm sure a lot of people don't want to hear what you're saying, and yeah, it can feel a little dismissive at times, but if they really cared about CZcams improving and are willing to be more proactive beyond making an angry video saying how angry they are, they'd be wise to humor the notion that yes, money IS important in this case.

    • @Azurethewolf168
      @Azurethewolf168 Před 3 měsíci +7

      Agreed, people have to realize that this platform is just trying to take money and has to do things like this to keep itself alive. CZcams seemed like a great idea at first, but now people realize how bad the system is.

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@Azurethewolf168 Again, if it sounds too good to be true, it is.

    • @dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970
      @dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970 Před 3 měsíci +6

      There is a huge, huge difference between justifying standard business practices and justifying harassment.
      What's the benefit of airing unskippable NSFW 10 minute-long ads on videos supposedly "made for children"? One 30 second ad, I can understand. 2 ads, a bit exaggerated but yeah, the site needs to make money. But NSFW ads? Dude, don't be the corporate prostitute, it's a hill not worth dying on.

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970 I'm not sure I understand what you're talking about. What do NSFW ads for kids have to do with this?

    • @usmanhassan3824
      @usmanhassan3824 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@gabe_s_videos bcz if advertisers dont want their ads on dirty content then why do they oblige to having their ads a,ongst nsfw ads

  • @ThatGreenSpy
    @ThatGreenSpy Před 3 měsíci +12

    What about Odysee? They can host more than just videos.

  • @SerpentineDeity
    @SerpentineDeity Před 3 měsíci +4

    That repeated copyright clip. Now I can't unsee those cuts. Its okay to stutter now and then, squiddo.

  • @GraciousGoldy
    @GraciousGoldy Před 3 měsíci +6

    I wish we can have a version of CZcams, where you can upload anyway and with out people temporarily blocking, copyright infringement.

    • @grandstarstudiosYT
      @grandstarstudiosYT Před 2 měsíci

      copywrong wont allow that, the big corps want to control what you can consume

  • @jacobnicola5950
    @jacobnicola5950 Před 3 měsíci +10

    Great video explaining this "snowball effect" of CZcams's growth, and the main cause of its growth was literally its competitors "business models" to not say "incompetence".
    The thing is: no other homemade video platform has HALF of CZcams's features, creators would move long ago if wasn't for the justifiable fear of losing their audience, thus limiting revenue/sponsorships due to those being primarily centered around CZcams, and the other platforms don't try to be better than CZcams, they just try to copy CZcams or paywall basic functions that CZcams provides for free, also their lenience towards types of content perhaps are even harsher than CZcams's despite some even allowing explicit content, offering almost no advantages whatsoever to the content creator or viewers over CZcams.
    There's also the political side of things, which CZcams is very lenient about because i've seen videos from all spectrums, but i heard speculation of some platforms only allowing political takes from certain spectrums, since it's just a speculation, i can't confirm or deny it.

  • @AndersHass
    @AndersHass Před 3 měsíci +3

    I do find it weird CZcams hasn’t implemented any way to limit the amount of uploads being done. People basically using CZcams as free video backup where those could be pushed to Google Drive.
    Like unmonitized channels have limit of 10 private/hidden video uploads.

  • @SwaggyG_2102
    @SwaggyG_2102 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Aside from the competition being smaller than CZcams in terms of funding and its user base, CZcams also has the advantage of having an early start in comparison to the other sites.
    CZcams has been around for nearly 20 years and has become integrated with the online world because of it.
    Even if these other sites had the same funding that youtube had, they still wouldn't pull in big numbers due to CZcams being THE platforming site to post videos on that so many people are familiar with worldwide.

  • @soniablanche5672
    @soniablanche5672 Před 3 měsíci +8

    fun fact, google video had 18+ videos... that's where I used to.. hmm.. :^)

  • @WeedSmokingBrony
    @WeedSmokingBrony Před 3 měsíci +25

    CZcams has fallen

    • @Random_Idiot69420
      @Random_Idiot69420 Před 3 měsíci +4

      Blame TikTok

    • @WildWildWeasel
      @WildWildWeasel Před 3 měsíci +6

      It's been dead since Susan's tenure

    • @weird-guy
      @weird-guy Před 3 měsíci +2

      In quality of content i agree,but in terms of popularity i don´t.

    • @Hu_c2680
      @Hu_c2680 Před měsícem

      Billions must brodcast themselves

  • @Alantonium
    @Alantonium Před 3 měsíci +32

    Literally a monopoly

    • @SL4RK
      @SL4RK Před 3 měsíci +3

      In its worst form

  • @andywatkins3122
    @andywatkins3122 Před 3 měsíci +7

    I don’t think Vimeo has been a competitor for at least a decade

  • @foxracing8973
    @foxracing8973 Před 3 měsíci +36

    One of my biggest complaints about CZcams happens all the time on channels I follow who cover things like true crime stories. Rape, suicide, murder, pedophiles, ect are all words (and the list continues to grow all the time) that they will no longer say in their videos for fear of getting demonetized. CZcams states in their rules that it's ok for creators to talk about those subjects as long as it's done in an informative way and not promoting/encouraging those things. That's not the case however bc time and time again creators were getting demonetized for simply saying those words.
    As far as the argument some ppl have about "well thats ok bc what if young kids watch it or ppl who have triggers related to those topics"...here is my opinion: If it's a child, the parent should be monitoring what the child is watching in the first place, not to mention there is CZcams Kids for that very reason. As far as ppl getting triggered by those subjects, I'm sorry but you shouldn't be watching videos on true crimes anyway if those topics bother you. Those videos cover nothing but those topics...

    • @UncleKennybobs
      @UncleKennybobs Před 3 měsíci +2

      You just described what a snowflake is

    • @neatoburrito3170
      @neatoburrito3170 Před 2 měsíci

      You shouldn't be watching them period. It's exploitative and obviously grossly disrespectful and self-serving no matter how many pretzels people twist themselves into to justify it.

    • @foxracing8973
      @foxracing8973 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@neatoburrito3170 Yes bc let's not have ppl report on those kinds of stories. If we didn't, the public wouldn't know about the horrible things evil ppl have done in their area. Since our justice system is a joke, so many evil ppl get out to victimize even more ppl bc they only get a slap on the wrist. So how would we know to watch out for those ppl if we don't hear about a case in our area?
      There is a guy who kidnapped, raped, tortured and held captive a young teenage girl for YEARS near my area. He was let out of prison after only serving a couple of years. Now the bastard has tall fences with barbwire around his house bc so many ppl have tried to deal him the punishment he deserves. We wouldn't have ever known about this if it wasn't for the crime being publicly talked about on a video. At least the ppl now in my area know about him and to keep their kids far away from him.

    • @Emirthemarvelfanboi
      @Emirthemarvelfanboi Před 2 měsíci

      ​@neatoburrito3170 our first liberal troll I see lmao

  • @Nur0f3n
    @Nur0f3n Před 3 měsíci +17

    As long as they don't mess up it'll remain that way

    • @KodiakDT
      @KodiakDT Před 3 měsíci +13

      If they keep going on like this they will mess up.

    • @themacity
      @themacity Před 3 měsíci +3

      I don't see how they could mess it up that badly at this point. They've done pretty much everything wrong I can think of, other than totally monetising the platform which they won't do. They've monetised more and more, become more restrictive, show blatant scams as advertisements, and here we still are

    • @KodiakDT
      @KodiakDT Před 3 měsíci

      @@themacity solid point

    • @SL4RK
      @SL4RK Před 3 měsíci

      They're already screwed,
      the last few years of this site have looked like a death agony,
      and the new efficient manager has been able to do what Susie couldn't, they hate anyone with less than a million subs,
      I think in the near future they will ban the last monetisation method for these channels, which is donations,
      and maybe even native advertising.

  • @TheSizzleDash
    @TheSizzleDash Před 3 měsíci +5

    Thank you for bringing up the issue of struggling creators, I struggle to make a living 24/7 on CZcams.
    Seriously though, I love your videos.

  • @PexotronV2
    @PexotronV2 Před 2 měsíci +2

    If I could I would make the nickelodeon version of Facebook "Splashface"

  • @kond1
    @kond1 Před 3 měsíci +7

    Rumble is growing but it still has a long way to go get close to CZcams. I hope it continues to grow and provides an alternative for those that may not like CZcams.
    Odyssey just doesn't look like it's gaining much traction though I think their interface is considerably better than Rumble.

  • @lukerobinson4152
    @lukerobinson4152 Před 2 měsíci +2

    dailymotion does NOT allow adult content, after watching this video i uploaded some and they banned me and denied my ban appeal, now i will have to make a new dailymotion account

  • @borekminer
    @borekminer Před 3 měsíci +2

    "if youtube dissapeared tommorow,where would i go?WHERE WOULD YOU GO?"
    i thought you were gonna plug a nebula add there

  • @TheFrantic5
    @TheFrantic5 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I cant unsee your avatar as a duck's head.

  • @MutleeIsTheAntiGod
    @MutleeIsTheAntiGod Před 3 měsíci +3

    Tiktok is allowing more long form (9 minute) videos. They already have AMVs on thete, it is only a matter of time.

    • @39zack
      @39zack Před 2 měsíci

      Only stupid people choose to feed the ccp machine.

  • @ProximaMakima
    @ProximaMakima Před 3 měsíci +13

    If there was a CZcams alternative, new content creators would jump ship immediately to have a shot at getting their audience. It's a struggle now but I don't see an alternative anytime soon or at all.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 Před 3 měsíci

      Rumble, Odysee, Bitchute, and now X are all viable alternatives if people get behind them, and use them.

    • @zander_the_space_nerd
      @zander_the_space_nerd Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@CommodoreFan64 I prefer Odysee, the UI is close to YT and the ads are not as annoying, there is a lot of anti Israel, pro hamas content on there but I just try to ignore it

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 Před 3 měsíci

      @@zander_the_space_nerd I hear ya, the only things Odysee needs to get fixed is their Android app, and mobile website versions being sluggish AF, along with creator payouts being a mess, as I know someone who makes Linux videos, and dealing with Odysee, and Rumble for that matter have both been a mess for getting the money they are owed. I've not heard anyone having issues with Bitchute however.

    • @Azurethewolf168
      @Azurethewolf168 Před 3 měsíci

      @@zander_the_space_nerdthese people aren’t supporting those terr-rists, they’re fighting for the civilians being tortured, k-lled and have war crimes done on them every single day. Can’t believe you’re this brainwashed to support an apartheid regime.

  • @munchimoo
    @munchimoo Před 2 měsíci +2

    9:30 mans made an editing mistake here. i love seeing these in youtube videos ngl

  • @SpiritmanProductions
    @SpiritmanProductions Před měsícem +2

    If bandwidth were the only hurdle, the future might see a site that uses AI to deconstruct video into a much smaller script-like file from which the player can then reconstruct the video. As loose analogies, think of vector graphics and MIDI files. I'm convinced we'll see this technology at some point, and it will greatly reduce storage and bandwidth. And a useful side-effect will be that resolution becomes irrelevant; you'll be able to reproduce it at any scale. 🎦

  • @Hollowdude15
    @Hollowdude15 Před 2 měsíci

    Great video NationSquid and CZcams really needs to change so things can be better for everybody who use their platfrom :]

  • @ricomambozero3811
    @ricomambozero3811 Před 2 měsíci +2

    i want Rumble and Dailymotion be as big as CZcams

  • @ninjanerdstudent6937
    @ninjanerdstudent6937 Před 2 měsíci +4

    9:28 Why did he repeat that part twice? Extra emphasis?

  • @ROARDABAND
    @ROARDABAND Před 3 měsíci +1

    i feel like u literally read my mind because i was just thinking about this a few hours ago..

  • @human.earthling
    @human.earthling Před 2 měsíci +2

    I think there’s a potential solution to make a CZcams competitor though smart contracts on Ethereum.

  • @lenowoo
    @lenowoo Před 3 měsíci +3

    Bilibili is quite big in asia..but it is pretty much a worse CZcams
    And niconico is simply too niche from the language barrier

  • @RandomGeometryDashStuff
    @RandomGeometryDashStuff Před 3 měsíci +3

    09:30 Why do subltitles say "Although copyrighted content is illegal, it does not have that same level of public disgust." once but human in video says it twice?

    • @aceae4210
      @aceae4210 Před 2 měsíci +1

      assuming he used the tool in CZcams where you can put your script in and it will time the captions automaticly, then it would just skip the second clip of the same thing (as in only in the script once)

  • @hullstar242
    @hullstar242 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Although copyrighted content is illegal, it doesn’t have that same level of disgust.

  • @LuziFearon
    @LuziFearon Před 3 měsíci +9

    I'm actually very satisfied with Nebula and I try to switch every content creator I can from YT to NEB to boost the views there

  • @MrPuzzlesUnofficial
    @MrPuzzlesUnofficial Před 14 dny +1

    no one nothing: newgrounds: aye im something here too!

  • @babyyPatrickk
    @babyyPatrickk Před 3 měsíci +3

    I love your videos!! Keep it up

  • @pimpingkek4947
    @pimpingkek4947 Před 3 měsíci +2

    i remember google video. i watched saddam hussein get hung as a teen. wild days. basically large portions of the internet are memory holed. you had to be there, and you had to also be looking.

  • @_Nat911
    @_Nat911 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Vimeo, Rumble, Odyssey, Brighteon:

  • @yousefslimani99
    @yousefslimani99 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Is it just me or this part has been repeated twice?! 9:29

  • @dogcowrph
    @dogcowrph Před 2 měsíci +1

    There is Rumble (which doesn’t have the selection or speed) but that’s about it.

  • @Alex1891
    @Alex1891 Před 3 měsíci +3

    We really should be regularly discussing alternatives to CZcams.
    VidLii anyone?

  • @connor_1x1x1x1
    @connor_1x1x1x1 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Nah. CZcams needs advertisers... but advertisers need CZcams too, specially in 2017 when the PewDiePie thing happened. Advertisers might have left, but they would have returned anyways because they NEED CZcams. The management just became horrible around 2017-2018 and the appearance of Tik Tok sank CZcams and now, it's not AS popular as it was in the mid 2010s.

  • @Robin_Glorb
    @Robin_Glorb Před 3 měsíci +3

    9:29 why did you say that twice? Was that intentional?

  • @olokelo
    @olokelo Před 3 měsíci +2

    If CZcams disappeared tomorrow I would go to my own peertube instance I already host today. 😌

  • @bcbdjane
    @bcbdjane Před 3 měsíci +1

    this might have nothing to do with the video but i think youtube should add the "featured videos" tab again

  • @nikolaievans2432
    @nikolaievans2432 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Video hosting sites like youtube are expensive to maintain. CZcams allows you to do that for free. This is why smosh turned to youtube and why youtube has no competition

  • @mjcgreatness
    @mjcgreatness Před 2 měsíci +3

    Rumble is the competitor

  • @akuma2124
    @akuma2124 Před 2 měsíci

    I believe AV1 video encoding is meant to save bit rate but maintain high quality? in an instance of something like that coming about, and as technology like this continues to grow, the feasibility of someone else coming to market to be an actual competitor is an increasing. The additional part keeping youtube successful is also the long library of content, considering they've been the default for so long... it will definitely make it harder for an emerging company but it just needs that encouragement for people to upload.
    Also, considering the limbo state of tiktok at the moment, its probably a long shot for them if they did expand, and even if they did, im sure it will be met with various concerns such as cooperate and government/schools not allowing access due to the on-going issues with data security that keeps being claimed as a possible threat.

  • @MythenAkte
    @MythenAkte Před 2 měsíci

    As a german speaking channel, I still got many videos false flagged, even after their one second "human review" it still get the yellow icon.
    This just makes it really hard to do CZcams as a fulltime Job

  • @JoeContext
    @JoeContext Před měsícem

    I feel like another part most people don't seem to mention is CZcams's creators and their followings. I feel like at least getting people with decent follower bases to cross-post videos to a hypothetical CZcams alternative would be key.
    To be honest, while I don't think it'll happen anytime soon I feel like it's inevitable that one day CZcams will go the way of Facebook or Skype. Obviously making CZcams's equivalent of Discord will not be easy, but the demand has been growing for at the very least a decade, so maybe someday the right chain of events will lead to it happening

  • @bigboiproductions
    @bigboiproductions Před 3 měsíci +2

    its a good and bad thing while youtube provides a good service for the consumer but absolutly horrible creator support

  • @jopansmark
    @jopansmark Před 3 měsíci +1

    That's just how the internet works, if your social media is the same as another platform, it will fail no matter what.

  • @mountaindewkid
    @mountaindewkid Před měsícem

    Well, they kind of do. If you think about it, they have put something on their app called CZcams Shorts. Therefore, there would be beef spawning in between TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat. (For those who don’t know, they all have short-form videos)

  • @DisappointedSon0813
    @DisappointedSon0813 Před 3 měsíci +15

    It's not that CZcams has no competitors however, the competitors are just too small. But alt media is gaining significant traction as CZcams is increasingly more and more toxic and hostile to the creators.

    • @gondorianslayer4250
      @gondorianslayer4250 Před 3 měsíci

      no, its cause google is mass censoring the internet. now they feel lonely.

    • @misseselise3864
      @misseselise3864 Před 3 měsíci +2

      “it’s not that youtube has no competitors, there’s just no competition”

  • @Yangorango
    @Yangorango Před 3 měsíci +1

    2:53 I'm a traumatised F1 fan and this triggered my PTSD for a split second.

  • @timhooglandyt
    @timhooglandyt Před 3 měsíci +17

    Rumble is a competitor and growing rapidly. There's also Odysee.

    • @JPS13Laptop
      @JPS13Laptop Před 3 měsíci +3

      Only if you're only looking for specific types of content. Mostly what CZcams doesn't allow on the platform.

    • @weird-guy
      @weird-guy Před 3 měsíci +7

      If you like political rumblings and are from the usa or interested in usa politics,sure.

    • @PokemonPlatinum1201
      @PokemonPlatinum1201 Před 3 měsíci

      and both websites have a neo-nazi problem

    • @Gamerappa
      @Gamerappa Před 2 měsíci +4

      rumble is only really appealing to american right-wingers.

    • @anidson2045
      @anidson2045 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Gamerappa no it just generally appeals to people who seek no censorship

  • @lightascend2524
    @lightascend2524 Před 2 měsíci +1

    13:52 PeerTube exists. However, it doesn't have a business model.

  • @gavyeah9866
    @gavyeah9866 Před 2 měsíci +1

    how i came acrost your channel is i found your video the dark reality of "You are the millionth visitor" video now technology is just my recommends

  • @PenguTT44-ej1wz
    @PenguTT44-ej1wz Před 3 měsíci +2

    In a different world Yahoo bought youtube.

  • @DigitalLobstershow
    @DigitalLobstershow Před 3 měsíci +1

    if youtube quits tomorrow, microsoft build a platform in a week.

  • @kevindizzle2449
    @kevindizzle2449 Před měsícem

    I used to have a PlayStation and a tv, but now my son took that, so now I have youtube.

  • @madhukarg8052
    @madhukarg8052 Před 8 dny

    a merged Vimeo + Dailymotion would be a perfect competitor for CZcams

  • @jitx2797
    @jitx2797 Před 3 měsíci +1

    First is the compute problem....Huge amount of CPU for video conversion, bitrate and HLS streaming

  • @36inc
    @36inc Před 3 měsíci +1

    this is where im posed with a qaundry- we say compitition is good for the economy and the consumer alot in economic discussion-however id say somethings outright demand to be monopolies by both of those forces- parallel it with streaming -it was demonstrably better when basically one company was doing it- but with all of these competitors its made both the products themselves and the end users experience with them worse. this kinda break the rule we set above dont it? in these cases- it seems monopolism actually is the play- the same effect happens in games- steam is the best one but i might shy away from an ea release even if its on steam just cause it requires origin take space on my pc. to be a redundant launcher. and so many companies I avoid for this same problem. i also dont got nebula or any history with youtube competitors- i pretty much only liked youtube since 2007 when i was a teenager watching on the young website. and thats just cause id rather not have to manage that many sites and bounce around all the time. id rather it be easier on me and the creators. maybe in these cases- we should have a monitored ecosystem- one allowed to have a defacto monopoly but is maintained and balanced by a strong labor union and government assistance. id rather it be that very voice of everyone that it states to be. but the profit motive rn is still shakey. id like some reassurance they wont pull the rug on the only youtube in town cause they eventually realize the cost will scale with them.

  • @ambostralian
    @ambostralian Před měsícem

    Question does a CZcamsr of your size make more money from patreon or from the CZcams partner program?

  • @Pnezyx2056
    @Pnezyx2056 Před 3 měsíci +1

    this really was the right video for me, my channel just got a strike for community guidelines stupidness that didnt make any sense lol

  • @allennoble452
    @allennoble452 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Wow, Jawed Karim! you're AWESOME!!!!

  • @CHPackWH
    @CHPackWH Před 2 měsíci

    This mission statement of rumble is free speech. They are not partial. Them changing to become like CZcams would kill their fanbase of people who want a more open platform.

  • @mohamad20zx34
    @mohamad20zx34 Před 3 měsíci +1

    We need to migrate to peertube since it has improved alot in the last six years

  • @GManCool
    @GManCool Před 3 měsíci +1

    In russia we have vk video and rutube, which are technically the biggest CZcams competitors here, also keep in mind Chine, where as far as i am aware, there is no youtube, so they may have the biggest competitor here (also that mandarine is the most spoken language in the world (i think??)).

  • @alexmipego
    @alexmipego Před měsícem

    I don't create a youtube competitor because… I don't have the money. Monetization is super hard with this model/content-type.

  • @ninjaboss6612
    @ninjaboss6612 Před 2 měsíci +2

    4:18 end of him Yapping about the ad

  • @areamusicale
    @areamusicale Před 3 měsíci +2

    It seems that CZcamsrs enjoy selling silly products in front of the camera.
    Just imagine doing the same but without "acting". A call centre would be the PERFECT job for an ex-youtuber; also, it will be a secure job.

    • @Burger19985
      @Burger19985 Před 2 měsíci

      also literally just working for a tv advertisement company

    • @areamusicale
      @areamusicale Před 2 měsíci

      @@Burger19985 No! Not at all! "working for a tv advertisement company" means working ONE DAY only! It is all the opposite of a secure job!

  • @Yipper64
    @Yipper64 Před 2 měsíci

    1:45 probably twitch but i'd find it really annoying to have to now actually learn streamers schedules to watch them live, and miss the random videos on my home feed.

  • @ExploringNew1
    @ExploringNew1 Před 3 měsíci +1

    9:30 OK OK I get it

  • @Yipper64
    @Yipper64 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This video made me want to try Rumble again....
    I can see why Rumble isnt successful. My goodness that was just as braindead as tiktok.

  • @jhx3media
    @jhx3media Před 2 měsíci

    I hate that CZcams Vanced is no longer functional. I rather use it than the native CZcams app.

  • @nobbyfirefly57
    @nobbyfirefly57 Před 2 měsíci +1

    11:34 so ig we either blame that person, Google, the advertisers, or all of them.
    Oh second thought, it is entirely Google’s fault. If this is the case, then they should tell people that they are pandering to advertisers instead of pretending otherwise.

  • @ShadoFXPerino
    @ShadoFXPerino Před 2 měsíci

    CZcams got popular when enforcing copyright laws on the internet was immature. Now that avenue of growth is closed, and any challengers will need to find some other way to win.

  • @bas3q
    @bas3q Před 2 měsíci +1

    Odysee seems to be the closest in style to CZcams, particularly the old pre-Google YT. If someone with deep pockets were to buy into it and get the word out, I think it would stand a serious chance of giving CZcams a run for their money. Already some YT content creators are backing up their video content on there, getting more YT creators on the platform could give it the critical mass it needs to succeed.

    • @grandstarstudiosYT
      @grandstarstudiosYT Před 2 měsíci +1

      Rumble too, Vanilla is one too
      EDIT: I cannot find Vanilla

  • @callieprotector
    @callieprotector Před 2 měsíci

    I had finally caved on pay the CZcams Premium because I got tired of shitty ads. Also did pay the Twitch version because same reason here.