Episode 987 • • 2:03:06 - 2:08:48
987: Kebab Panic!
Vidme Shuts Down and the Challenges of Video Monetization
The video sharing platform Vidme announced its closure, citing the inability to find financial sustainability in a market dominated by Google and Facebook. Their goodbye note details the high costs of storage and the difficulty of maintaining "brand safe" content for advertisers. The hosts warn that independent "creators" face a bleak future due to the "ad-pocalypse" and centralized platform control.