Daily motion is owned by the French canal+, a public company.
Maybe I’ve gone too far in my open source and decentralised convictions, but the only benefit I see here is that the company is based in the EU. It has the same profit driven structure as Google/YouTube.
Why I see this as a problem?
Option A- the platform grows but it can’t monetise effectively: they will need to seek more revenue by further monetising users and advertisers. Expected result: enshittification
Option B- the platform grows and becomes very successful. This is a publicly traded company, so growth is everything. They will once again seek further monetisation. Expected result is the same.
What’s more, having extremely powerful and wealthy corporations leaves us on the path the US has taken, with strong lobbies of private interest (basically legal corruption).
Shouldn’t we use this turning point to move to a better alternative, instead of substituting foreign cancer with a home grown variety?
Furthermore, Canal+ is owned by Vincent Bolloré, a far right billionaire on a crusade against any little progressive idea. It’s no better than YouTube.
True, although I think it still has advantages to switch to platforms like DailyMotion (although I’m not a fan of it, and see multiple disadvantages too):
To weaken the monopoly of the big monopolist, YouTube in this case. Most people are hardly able or willing to leave any monopolist, and it they do, the will only start with something that’s comparable, understandable, easy, and has scale. Not to something that requires some kind of safari through a complicated fediverse jungle where they immediately get lost in discussions about instances and stuff.
To boost jobs, skills, expertise and innovation in building this kind of tech environments. Which later can contribute to better European alternatives than just relying on whatever USA thinks is good for us.
Daily motion is owned by the French canal+, a public company.
Maybe I’ve gone too far in my open source and decentralised convictions, but the only benefit I see here is that the company is based in the EU. It has the same profit driven structure as Google/YouTube.
Why I see this as a problem?
Option A- the platform grows but it can’t monetise effectively: they will need to seek more revenue by further monetising users and advertisers. Expected result: enshittification
Option B- the platform grows and becomes very successful. This is a publicly traded company, so growth is everything. They will once again seek further monetisation. Expected result is the same.
What’s more, having extremely powerful and wealthy corporations leaves us on the path the US has taken, with strong lobbies of private interest (basically legal corruption).
Shouldn’t we use this turning point to move to a better alternative, instead of substituting foreign cancer with a home grown variety?
Furthermore, Canal+ is owned by Vincent Bolloré, a far right billionaire on a crusade against any little progressive idea. It’s no better than YouTube.
True, although I think it still has advantages to switch to platforms like DailyMotion (although I’m not a fan of it, and see multiple disadvantages too):