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Originally Posted by mrjoint
This is the stupidest idea I have ever heard. Only way to kill tube site is to cut off their revenue model. Tubes site rely on their advertisers, as long as advertisers keep pumping big dollars, these sites will thrive.
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Offer streaming only
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You're spot on on cutting off the advertising - don't consort with those advertisers in any way,
and let them know WHY you won't promote their sites. Streaming is a huge myth, though.
It took me less than two minutes to go to Google, find a tool to save a stream, download it,
and start saving my first stream. The people who steal the content already have that software
installed, so stealing your stream is just two mouse clicks for them. This is such a rampant
myth, let me repeat - it takes two mouse clicks to save a streaming video to FLV. Streaming
does nothing but irritate the legitimate user who can't see your stream or wants to watch it later.
The thieves, the ones who rip off huge amounts of content, don't give crap whether it's set to stream, save, or play via HTTP. It's all two click for them.
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