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minus-squarevala@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDon’t things like Media Goblin already host video?
minus-squarePolitical Incorruption@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHow is it hard? Put it on AWS and call it a day.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYour platform is offline, and your bill is now $100,000 per hour
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.
Don’t things like Media Goblin already host video?
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