Why Decentralized Video Platforms Haven't Taken Over (DTube, 3Speak, DLive, Odysee, Appics, BitTube)

With all the cancel culture going on with mainstream social media people always call out that we need these decentralized alternatives that can't be shut down. As much traction as they make they never quite get to the point of mass adoption for various reasons. Some of the momentum that has been gained by some of them seems to quickly evaporate from in fighting or forking away to other chains which can lose part of the community. Also it is tough to get on exchanges and achieve adequate liquidity to attract bigger investors. Once projects start getting delisted or don't have enough liquidity to get in and out it becomes very risky for people to bring their money to the platforms. On top of that most of the projects haven't utilized Ad revenue properly to make the projects perpetuate themselves through the crypto bear markets. Suddenly it is based on speculation of the underlying currency which gets pulled down with everything during the bear market. It crushes these platforms instead of allowing them to be more of an evergreen situation. Also the hosting of video content is so expensive that it makes it hard to afford the hosting as a platform becomes more successful.