I don't understand what is missing on Steem.
It's not only about what's missing, it's also about what isn't working as expected. I wrote a long article about that : https://steempeak.com/dtube/@heimindanger/the-core-concepts-of-dtube-s-new-blockchain
plenty of opportunities for you to monetize that traffic
How? You want me to put ads? You want me to sell users data? Send aggressive mailing lists? Sell them Mene gold? Promote scammy ICOs? Honestly you're not the first to pretend that but I honestly think you have no idea about either the vision behind the project or the way 'monetizing trafic' works.
And yes we already onboarded tons of people onto steem through the years, probably more than any other UI apart from steemit. And sadly a large % of those many people got lost during the 2 weeks onboarding process. And even those who got past it, we lost most of them because of price and because the mechanisms just suck. Content is artificially boosted, top contents are not quality, community is just looking to earn.
Thanks for the reply. I will provide a more long-form answer to your question about monetization that is still aligned with dtubes vision (one that I mostly share and have supported). And yes, I agree with the last concerns. Although I think this can also be worked around on Steem.
I get not wanting to put ads, but funding through merch sales... yikes
People are supposed to host their own content.I don't understand the complaining here, just Fork DTube and build a true p2p system. If you are unsure. Funding can be had through donations of course, or you can build a paid app and a free app. Paid application has more features. Fairly simple to do.
doesn't matter how "fairly simple to do" it all is, no one wants an alternative to youtube if they gotta pay for it, that business idea will fucking tank, HARD.
also, the idea of having people host their own content is a bit iffy, but more feasible. and don't just counter with the "fork your own version" bs, i'm not the one asking for delegation. Why can't I post valid criticism? seems like something we should want, no, NEED, when people ask money.