You might think so but PWAs have been around for a long time and seen very little adoption.

I mean Apple has continued their shitfuckery unabated.

That looks simple enough to build yourself.

It’s too bad they were too terrible at writing legislation to be successful.

Brother let me tell you about my friend Janet Reno, who fucked with Microsoft in 2001…

Whatever things made people get into Android some 20 years ago are no longer relevant to the majority of people.

The biggest benefit will remain the apps. People love apps. In that regard, their only competition is Apple. It’s why no one can make a new phone OS.

The other reason is cost. If you want a cheap device, Apple has no such thing. There are hundreds of Android devices you can buy for a couple hundred dollars.

For those who buy Samsung flagships for more than an iPhone, well those people I can’t explain.

completely ignoring the fact that a large chunk of them won’t jump to another platform

I didn’t ignore anything. I agreed with that above. I don’t know why you’re wasting your time trying to gaslight people on a miniscule forum into believing I said something that they can all see for themselves that I did not say.

Username does not check out

We’ve gotten to the part of the conversation where you run out of legitimate arguments and resort to strawmanning.

You’re assuming all of those followers are going to follow him

No I’m not, nor is that what I said.

On top of that, moving to a platform that has a much lower userbase limits growth which means the content creator putting themselves into a situation of viewship decline which isn’t smart

Continuing to build your business on the rented land of a monopoly that doesn’t give a single shit about you isn’t smart either.

Whether you as a miserable Lemmy-goer likes it or not, “obvious stuff” makes for very simple reasoning and is plenty adequate explanation.

It’s absolutely not.

the only way such a move would work is if we had a mass creator exodus which would force a much larger audience to follow them. Is that better?

No it’s not better because it’s not true. Steve already has a massive audience. He already has several dozen other social media platforms he can use to promote a new space. There are a dozen other ways he can make money. It’s not unrealistic.

If you’re banned, nothing

We’re not talking about me, we’re talking about Steve.

But until then, YT is where the audience is.

And it’s where the audience will remain until someone does something about it.

A creator needs a large audience on a platform to make it worthwhile for them while an audience

No shit. He already has the audience. He can bring them with him to the new platform.

You’re still just stating a bunch of obvious stuff without providing any explanation why PeerTube isn’t viable.

I just don’t think it’s viable to completely move off YT at this point.

And yet you haven’t provided any justification for this position.

Steve has millions of loyal followers. He has channel sponsors. He has his own personal products. He probably has thousands of channel donors.

Would he take a substantial hit to his revenue? Absolutely. But to say its “not viable” is preposterous.

At the very least he could begin mirroring his channel there.

I don’t know what that has to do with anything. Yes, YouTube is more popular, what good does that do you if you’re banned from it?

It’s not an alternative business model. It’s the same business model on an alternative platform.

(average person finds federation to be a difficult concept)

People thought the same about YouTube at some point.

lack of an “easy to pick up” monetisation system

All the monetization systems are the same, minus one, which is the absolute worst part of the platform anyway.

I would argue the market share difference is by the far the biggest factor

The market share would grow ten thousand fold overnight if Steve moved.

Are you going to answer my question or just continue replying solely to insult me?

“I use the internet” explains absolutely nothing.

the reality is that GN would need a YT channel to be commercially viable,

How did you arrive at this “reality”?

None of these things are reliable to any degree.