Firstly, we will also support other big platform like Twitch, Vimeo, etc. So it won't truly feed into the monopoly.
Secondly, people who aren't afraid of getting youtube banned or demonetized (think like gaming/cooking channels) don't see much of a purpose in our IPFS upload. For them the fact that the videos 'go down' is super bad and pushes them away from dtube. If those people start using the free storage offered by YouTube, we will suddently be able to afford to keep good IPFS videos for longer, or more of them at least. And their video will keep loading (and keep on being monetized through blockchain)
Thirdly, STEEM is inherently very limited in terms of contents because of the restriction on 'original contents'. Allowing links is synonym to allowing non-original content, which means we won't technically feed youtube. I don't want to put our videos into YouTube's catalogue. I want YouTube's video inside our blockchain instead.
You have a good point and I agree with you 100%, these new features will accelerate the growth of Dtube and make it even better... it is way better for Dtube to have these features in many aspects ... it's just that YT cannot be trusted ... I think when you guys enable a sync with Bitchute and any other real YT alternatives (Bit.tube, PeerTube etc) we will have an option to retire YT for good, thus helping the organic growth of D.tube and all the other alternatives ...
I really think we should celebrate these changes and support you guys ...
Yeah when we can use other alternatives that would be awesome
It would be nice to have a list of the current supported platforms and future ones ... this can help us plan and anxiously wait for more improvements ...
Great explanation, thank Heim!