They have approximately now lost over 5000 subscribers which equates to about $25000 per month or $300000 per year in lost revenue.
They have approximately now lost over 5000 subscribers which equates to about $25000 per month or $300000 per year in lost revenue.
As a bystander just here for the popcorn and drama, would someone mind explaining what Floatplane is and how it pertains to LTT and LMG?
It’s like a subscription based YouTube replacement. Like nebula or something. But mostly it’s just LTT that has content there.
Core difference is that you subscribe to each channel individually, kinda like Patreon, instead of the Nebula model where you pay one fee and have access to every creator on there.
I’ll also add on that it is almost definitely a significant part of their “business model”
Short term? It is basically a patreon without giving anyone else a cut. Whether they break even on video hosting is questionable. But I also imagine most of the people dropping aren’t the ones grandfathered in at a really low rate.
Long term? It is immensely valuable to have a “viable VOD and Streaming platform” readily available. Because (home of horrific and violent bigots) Kick mostly got its big “push” because all the folk on Twitch are concerned about revenue split stuff. Just like Lemmy got its burst when Reddit went insane.
Having Floatplane as “stable and viable” when someone like Pokimane is looking for a new platform is how you become a major player. Especially since FP seems to combine Patreon+Youtube+Twitch… just with absolutely zero discoverability.
Awesome, thank you for the clarification.
That’s a good explanation.
Floatplane is the video hosting service that they created and own. Instead of being ad supported it requires a monthly fee for each content creator on it (in the vein of only fans or patreon). So a loss of subs is a direct loss of monthly income for LTT.
I believe it’s their website/platform, where they post exclusive content that only subscribers can view
It’s like Nebula. LMG owns it, and gets a shit ton of revenue from it’s subscription based service