I know Nebula is not exactly open source, but it is pitched as a creator-controlled (or, at least a creator-centric) platform.

YouTube is my main platform of media consumption, and I would prefer to find other avenues that are not quite as monolithic.

Has anyone here tried Nebula? Is it worth it, and is there anything sketchy about it I should be aware of?

  • Matt@lemdro.idEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I have been using Nebula for years and it has replaced most of my use of YouTube. Whether it is worth it for you or not depends on what you watch. You can see what content is on Nebula without subscribing to get an idea of what is there.

    The biggest problem I have with Nebula is that it is advertised as a “creator owned” company, but that is not actually the case. Here is a blogpost that goes into more detail about that. That being said, from what I am aware of, Nebula still pays creators more than YouTube per view. I just wish they were more transparent about their business.

    • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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      11 days ago

      That being said, from what I am aware of, Nebula still pays creators more than YouTube per view.

      I think it’s really important that we stop talking in terms of payment on a per-view basis - Nebula does not pay on a per-view basis. Nebula uses the same model as music streaming companies, i.e. a pro rata stream share model. This means that creators get paid based on how large of a percentage of the total streaming time was on their content. No additional money is generated for each view, it’s conceptually still a fraction of what you pay monthly. The more content you view on the platform, the less each view conceptually pays.

      • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Wait so YouTube premium actually has a better pay split model (per view.)

        This is a bizarre turn of events. The only reason I was interested in nebula is because I thought it was paid by my personal watch time.

          • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            10 days ago

            From what I’m reading it’s split based on my watch time instead of doing a global pool like Spotify. The language is confusing though

            • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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              10 days ago

              It’s a bit hard to tell from the public information on the subject, but either way, it’s not a per-view model - which cannot exist in a fixed-price all-access environment for practical reasons.

              I’m not sure how practical it would be to do the royalty payments on an individual user consumption level, but I have little insight into the implementation here.