commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down13 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1247arrow-down1external-linkBending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square41linkfedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·1 month agoWhat you lose is audience. People often aren’t willing to replatform for a single creator.
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 month agoBut they won’t be asked to replatform. Dropout have their own website. Them changing service provider should be mostly invisible to consumers.
minus-squareJoelk111@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI’m sure it’ll be noticeable, but Dropout could market it as a fancy new update/UI. Users definitely aren’t going to have to migrate anywhere.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoVimeo is the backend, not the platform.
What you lose is audience. People often aren’t willing to replatform for a single creator.
But they won’t be asked to replatform. Dropout have their own website. Them changing service provider should be mostly invisible to consumers.
I’m sure it’ll be noticeable, but Dropout could market it as a fancy new update/UI. Users definitely aren’t going to have to migrate anywhere.
Vimeo is the backend, not the platform.