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Vidme To Shut Down On Dec 15th 2017

Posted by msmash on from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.

New submitter substance2003 writes: Vid.me has announced they are shutting down on December 15th 2017 citing that they could not find a path to sustainability. This news should be of concern as content creators have been getting increasingly frustrated with Youtube's algorithms that demonetize their videos and this means they have one less alternative to turn towards.

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  1. Um... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who?

  2. Who? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Never heard of them. But a lot of people have been trying - to various levels of success to squeeze free money out of YouTube. Sorry, but YouTube owns them nothing. If you can make money on YouTube, fine, but if you don't have a business arrangement with the Googlies, don't be crying when they change up the rules...

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