I'm starting building a Youtube alternative

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[–]Zahn 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If you have a lot of funding it could maybe work out. However you're competing with free vidz everywhere else. The content or service would benefit by adding an additional perceived value incentive to have the best chance. An otherwise unknown or currently under-served need or convenience are good places to start in figuring that part out. Eliminating advertisers always sounds good, but is a lot easier income than trying to pry 8$ out of people's hands every month.

[–]Justin[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's true, I'm not expecting people to flock to it overnight. I need to build a rock solid website that has more than enough content right out of the gate to justify a monthly subscription. However, I think that reaching out to existing creators and bringing in as many as I can will really help. Just browsing reddit regularly, there is a huge demand for a new site and I think there are enough people that would pay a small fee each month to make it work.