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RE: Why Isn't There A YouTube For Podcasts?
The way i see it is that data storage is the real issue with creating a new platform but maybe not. All of these sites that you suggest become gate keepers of the content and can block creators form getting their work out to a bigger audience. Maybe a new Tribe could be created here on Steem and allow it to be just a link drop to whereever the podcast is hosted. Until we have a proper decentalised data storage like IPFS or similar with a decentralised way of promoting them I think pobcasting will go the way of Youtube with its censorship and demonetization.
This is a great topic, thanks for starting the conversation. I am a big fan of the medium and would love to see it kept free and open but also a worth while pursuit for the podcasters.
I honestly don’t know much about IPFS or any decentralized storage solutions but I’m all for performance first! I think what could be an option is that users who are serious about their content and could have the option to pay to keep their stuff in a decentralized server or have to own a certain stake would make sense
Make it optional but not required I mean the vast majority of channels don’t really care it’s only a small amount and sacrificing performance for a few outliers makes no sense to me
As for the demonetization I think that advertisers should be allowed to blacklist certain channels and say I don’t want my ads on their content and problem solved! No need for a middleman overload when people can do the work themselves
Not saying these ideas are full proof but I think they’re worth a shot
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IPFS still has a long way to go to be useful but luckily podcasts are a pretty small file size which can be hosted on a centralised server. The gate keepers are the real things that need to be addressed to keep it open and censorship resistant. Giving advertisers the option of where they would like to be seen is s great idea. Having one site which hosts all the links would be nice but I think it needs to be free and open to all. Even Alec Jones deserves a platform.
I agree with you, I actually like that idea of not just trying to compete but just being a central point for podcasts. Since iTunes is device-based while Soundcloud and Spotify are account-based its nice to give users options.
So if I was on your podcast profile I could listen on this site or choose my preffered medium. If things get taken down on one platform you always have another and your audience can migrate.
We can also tell a user how many listeners choose to use which service or the native service and pull in subscriber numbers and download numbers per platform so it gives the creator a better sense of how far their podcast reaches. Which is great for selling to advertisers
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