misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSome veteran YouTube staff think Shorts might ruin YouTubewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square247fedilinkarrow-up1902arrow-down123cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partytechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1879arrow-down1external-linkSome veteran YouTube staff think Shorts might ruin YouTubewww.theverge.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square247fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partytechnews@radiation.party
minus-squarecubedsteaks@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago Hosting your own video on your own storage and network bill is not free. If you don’t believe me, go try doing it yourself. I know this is true but why do I see so many people on lemmy pushing for self-hosting and even talking about it like its some low rent hobby?
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s not exactly an expensive hobby, but it’s also not free. YouTube hosts a lot of videos. And — by the fundamental theorem of financial calculus that I just made up — “not free” times “a lot” equals “big bucks”.
minus-squarecubedsteaks@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago And — by the fundamental theorem of financial calculus that I just made up — “not free” times “a lot” equals “big bucks”. Finally, someone who gets my idea of math.
I know this is true but why do I see so many people on lemmy pushing for self-hosting and even talking about it like its some low rent hobby?
It’s not exactly an expensive hobby, but it’s also not free.
YouTube hosts a lot of videos.
And — by the fundamental theorem of financial calculus that I just made up — “not free” times “a lot” equals “big bucks”.
Finally, someone who gets my idea of math.