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minus-squarevala@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoWhat people don’t seem to get is that these platforms don’t have any secret sauce. Tiktok could be cloned by a team of students in a few weeks. The platform isn’t actually valuable. It’s the user base.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoHosting video is hard. You’d need a large team of sysadmins, and they would make a lot of mistakes before it was stable. The platform is valuable. But, yes, everyone knows the most valuable asset is the userbase.
minus-squarePolitical Incorruption@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoHow is it hard? Put it on AWS and call it a day.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-216 hours agoYour platform is offline, and your bill is now $100,000 per hour
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoDon’t things like Media Goblin already host video?
What people don’t seem to get is that these platforms don’t have any secret sauce. Tiktok could be cloned by a team of students in a few weeks.
The platform isn’t actually valuable. It’s the user base.
Hosting video is hard. You’d need a large team of sysadmins, and they would make a lot of mistakes before it was stable.
The platform is valuable. But, yes, everyone knows the most valuable asset is the userbase.
How is it hard? Put it on AWS and call it a day.
Your platform is offline, and your bill is now $100,000 per hour
Don’t things like Media Goblin already host video?