Vimeo
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Vimeo is a video hosting silo.
Criticism
Sudden price hikes on paying users
2022-03-15 : Vimeo is telling creators to suddenly pay thousands of dollars — or leave the platform (archived)
Bogus Takedowns
- https://twitter.com/flight404/status/829033784137883649
- "For those following along, @VimeoStaff has officially told me they can't help me. This means some of my work is forever lost." @flight404 February 7, 2017
- Account was re-instated: https://twitter.com/flight404/status/829822257258176513
- "My vimeo account is back up. Thanks for all the advice and well-wishes. Hopefully the DMCA strikes are settled." @flight404 February 9, 2017
Issues
Unknown problems with playback
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After watching a video for ~15 minutes, Vimeo suddenly stopped with a vague error message.
See Also
- video
- silo
- youtube-dl
- https://mobile.twitter.com/jessedriftwood1/status/1074493293109620742
- "Sometimes it feels like @vimeo is trying to push users away. For the first time in nearly 8 years I've decided not to pay for their premium services, and now most of my videos (including my own wedding video) is hidden behind a paywall." @jessedriftwood1 December 17, 2018
- Criticism: https://twitter.com/petermckinnon/status/1188890888816222208
- "Hey @Vimeo !! Instead of holding my videos hostage like you guys do - I raise you deleting my account. Good Riddance." @petermckinnon October 28, 2019
- explaination for ^^^ https://twitter.com/Matjoez/status/1188936031866888192
- "For those not following: if you upload videos to vimeo when you're on a pro or plus account and then step down to a free account you can't access your older videos anymore. It's like a hostage situation and you're forced to pay up. It's crap. @vimeo sucks" @Matjoez October 28, 2019
- https://vimeo.com/blog/post/improving-policy-on-video-bandwidth/ (TL;DR explicit 2TB/month limit vs unclear "top 1%", promise of better communication/notice periods)