Whelp, hopefully federated video sharing gets the momentum it needs to compete with YT. Seems like it’s the only alternative that’ll be left.
I have seen a few smaller ones pop up too (admittedly not open source) like Nebula. I could see the appeal of a professional hosting service for creators
Floatplane too i guess.
Patreon seems like the most likely competitor. I think some content is now hosted directly there.
Need to solve the discover-ability of it though. Peertube is only useful if you know what you’re going there for.
We need a Peektube to accompany it
That will simply never happen, YouTube I think is a two digit percentage of global Internet traffic.
I doubt Vimeo was putting up numbers that actually competed, either, but it was there as an alternative.
Video sharing is not a technically difficult problem in 2026. It really is just about making the money work.
Isn’t all of Dropout.tv hosted on Vimeo?
Edit: yes it is
“Do not build your own app. Vimeo’s right here. I don’t have to worry about customer service. I don’t have to worry about legal compliance… Our budget can go to what actually matters to us and what we’re actually good at, which is content."
Andrew Bridgman, Chief Digital Officer at Dropout
that might age poorly
Not a good news both for users and creators.
Price hikes coming… As usual with this company.
Who uses it?
Pretty popular among film students and indie filmmakers
Companies that want control over their videos. I.e. not to have ads play, not to have their videos followed by suggested content that sends viewers to competitors, nor have that alternate content show when the UI is paused or interacted with. It also allows updating of videos (whereas YouTube makes you upload a new video and you loose all links or view stats/momentum from the switch)
Mainly creators of visual content from all backgrounds
That’s wild, because I recall seeing job postings for Vimeo as recently as 2 months ago.
Companies don’t stop hiring, at least in tech. They can force out more expensive talent and hire in cheaper areas or get more junior talent. You could very well interview your potential replacement.
Fuck. Vimeo is used by many filmmakers and streaming services, moving all of that content elsewhere will be downright impossible to carry out completely. A lot of content will be irrecoverably lost once the company is really killed off.
Last year or so they disabled viewing other people’s profiles or even searching the website for users in the EU. I have to admit I haven’t seen any service being so actively destroyed by its owners.
by its owners
They have new owners, apparently.
Seems to be a typical buyout into milking and eroding cycle.
Hyaenas doing hyaena things.
“Vimeo. AI-powerd video platform”.
Does Vimeo own their own their own infrastructure, or just lease streaming storage from AWS/Google/Whomever?
If the former, it could be a good takeover target.
