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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday December 05 2017, @01:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the vid-off dept.

Vid.me has announced that they are shutting down on December 15th 2017, saying that they could not find a path to sustainability.

This news should be of concern as content creators have been getting increasingly frustrated with Youtube's algorithms that demonetize their videos and this means they have one less alternative to turn towards.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by crafoo on Tuesday December 05 2017, @05:56PM (1 child)

    by crafoo (6639) on Tuesday December 05 2017, @05:56PM (#605727)

    Javascript was a mistake.
    I wonder if you noticed the extra-thick irony of your last sentence.
    All that is going to be left of the web is a cable-tv model of filtered, ToSed, EULAed, YouTube Heroed cesspool. Enjoy the bed you have built through unsigned, unverified silent code execution through a text and image displaying application.

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  • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Tuesday December 05 2017, @10:10PM

    by Pino P (4721) on Tuesday December 05 2017, @10:10PM (#605851) Journal

    "unsigned"? Every script delivered over HTTPS is signed by the server that delivers it.