I was wondering about all those awesome channels in Youtube like CPG Grey and Veratasium, Crash Course, Smarter-Everyday. Sometimes I feel like those channels get buried, among all the other Youtube garbage.<p>I was wondering if there can be video platform like Youtube that doesn't run on ads, but donations? Or would that be too expensive? Is there a platform like that already?
To run a centralized video platform you need lots bandwidth and storage [1]. Paying for this will be a challenge if you rely only on donations.<p>If you run a peer-to-peer video platform you are competing with other peer-to-peer video platforms, most of which are not very well-known [2].<p>[1] <a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/cheaper-bandwidth-or-bust-how-google-saved-youtube/" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/cheaper-bandwidth-or-...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-Peer_Assisted_Streaming_Solution" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-Peer_Assisted_Streamin...</a>
Why would changing the revenue model change the problem of discoverability of these channels, unless the problem is that these channels don't get enough money to pay for advertisement or increase their production values?