Ask HN: Why doesn't YouTube have a competitor?

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Rumble

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Vimeo

I tried to use vimeo, but even if it had content on it that interests me, I find it very frustrating to use for some intuitive reason. Maybe it’s constant flashing of wait-spinners, maybe no place to discover things. It feels like yet another pic hosting but for videos. https://vimeo.com doesn’t look like a promising landing for 99% of users either. I also signed up for a curiosity stream trial (or was it its competitor? idk), watched one video, only to delete my account afterwards. Their video player doesn’t support left-right keys and when I missed a sentence I had no chance to rewind just a little, because in an hour+ long video you can’t just point to a second with your mouse. It’s so stupid technically that I can’t imagine who could do that for a platform which is advertised from every crack. I don’t think that youtube no-competition is <i>just</i> a network effect and ads and money. Even if we were to find youtube deleted tomorrow, both viewers and content creators would have a <i>fucking hard time</i> to continue their usual activities. I often blame youtube for its ui/ux, but—and this is my personal opinion—its competition is just trash.

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