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It has nowhere near the same amount of users compared to daily motion, Vimeo, etc., but Odysee is a closer “alternative” to YouTube in the sense that it has a very similar interface and functionality to YouTube. It has a lot to address in terms of promoting more diverse content and addressing how toxic the comments can be. A lot of the content creators are people that also run youtube channels. There’s still so much more incentive to stick with YouTube, both as viewers and creators. It’s still very, very far away from contending with YouTube, if ever.
Odysee is an alternative in the same way that parler is technically an alternative to twitter.
But most sane people stay far away.
Well, that’s my point. Any social media platform is an alternative to Twitter just as any video sharing platform is an alternative to YouTube.
In reality, any “alternative” platform is hardly an alternative if it’s attempting to replace something that is among the most visited websites globally with billions of users. Most people don’t want to deal with the inconvenience of using an obscure service for the sake of privacy or any other principle.
I only mentioned Odyssey because it’s interface is very similar to YouTube, which is important if you want people to switch. Of course, any service without corporate backing and momentum largely driven by major platforms is not going to be replacing any platforms that have already established themselves as the de facto service within its platform.
I doubt it’ll last much longer: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/16/lbry-closes-odysee-cryptocurrency-tech-sec-fraud-extremist
I’ve been watching Nebula for a while. They have quite a few of my favorite channels, exclusive content, no ads and they’re fairly inexpensive.