1 - Turn on night lights for screens (redshift on Linux). If possible, turn it on permanently.
2 - Buy glasses with blue light blocking filters.
3 - No screens at least 30 minutes before bed. Longer if possible.
4 - Avoid reading font that are too small. Zoom webpages on computers and boost font size on cellphone/tablets.
5 - Avoid reading in low light conditions. Low light makes the eyes force.
6 - No staring in direct light. Avoid having a direct light source in your eyes. I turn my lamps upwards so they lit up the ceiling and i do not see the light bulb directly.
7 - When my eyes are strained i find ways to make myself cry a little. When i feel a nice tear in both eyes i tilt my head back and close them for a minute. Tears heal eyes naturally. Afterwards my eyes are super red (like someone who cried) but at least they don't hurt anymore. I usually take a nap after that so the red disappears.
I hope this helps and you find ways to feel better.
>Youtube ultimately took off at the start because of copyright infringement. To me, it is why they have an impenetrable moat now.
This is absolutely correct.
I read somewhere this is what tech companies like Uber used as a strategy. Implement yourself regardless of the laws, and when the legal system catches up act in damage control. It's Blitzkrieg in a way.
I recall several places in the world were taxi services were regulated, when Uber showed up with better services and low prices, they won over the consumers in a matter of weeks. It was game over for the old services.
Napster did something similar but failed in the short run. If they had held off like Uber did and kept their ground everything would be very different as of today. But i think it was just too early.
I don't think what he meant with "no ads" would translate to no monetization.
I do not have a straight answer to this but there could be an alternate monetization.
Youtube's official monetization (and any ads in general) is an old concept that is prone to abuse. People dislike it, creators dislike it.
Youtubers now include sponsored segments in their videos. It's the main alternative that developed on the platform. Why? Because monetization just isn't good. It pays little and it's unreliable. Youtube arbitrarily demonetizes without warning.
And what's in it for the viewer? Both ads and sponsored segments are known to push scams on consumers. Because neither google nor the youtubers really investigate what they push on users. They just get the paycheck to display what advertisers pay for.
On a final note
>You just need to be very careful in assuming you can beat today's YouTube on attracting creators given their moats.
No service is eternal. Everything dies eventually. Something huge that took years to build can go down in flames overnight. You never know. Then there's a vacuum for something better to fill the hole. Will the next generation embrace P2P? Possible. New generations are tech savvy. They are aware of their digital presence. They are aware of censorship.
I can easily imagine that, there is already similar things out there.
>Would you actually use it? As a consumer, not a creator.
Yes as a consumer absolutely. As a creator too, why not asking as a creator? You mentioned in the first sentence :
>where you host a stream or upload a video
I would happily do both consume the content and upload my own content.
>Why or why not?
Well in my case, "why", simply because :
1. Youtube eventually runs out of daily content.
2. P2P in my experience offers a lot more 'niche' content. The big outlets for any media (video music or text) usually offer mostly popular and america-centric content. When you are looking for uncommon content that isn't in english you have to look for underground channels to get it.
3. geolocalized P2P would offer local creator more visibility in within their communities. It could greatly help for local culture.
4. Youtube or any other centralized sharing services (meta, twitter, ...) simply have too much power nowadays. P2P allows to share content freely and makes censorship very difficult.
2 - Buy glasses with blue light blocking filters.
3 - No screens at least 30 minutes before bed. Longer if possible.
4 - Avoid reading font that are too small. Zoom webpages on computers and boost font size on cellphone/tablets.
5 - Avoid reading in low light conditions. Low light makes the eyes force.
6 - No staring in direct light. Avoid having a direct light source in your eyes. I turn my lamps upwards so they lit up the ceiling and i do not see the light bulb directly.
7 - When my eyes are strained i find ways to make myself cry a little. When i feel a nice tear in both eyes i tilt my head back and close them for a minute. Tears heal eyes naturally. Afterwards my eyes are super red (like someone who cried) but at least they don't hurt anymore. I usually take a nap after that so the red disappears.
I hope this helps and you find ways to feel better.