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Sideman: YouTube removed hundreds of thousands of Syrian war documentation videos
“I'll give you an example that happened this month. YouTube decided to take down hundreds of thousands of videos that documented the war in Syria.”
Sideman: Apple and Google are the biggest barrier to crypto adoption
“It's the incumbents who control the centralized distribution channels today, like Apple and Google.”
Sideman: Apple ended its 30% cut on peer-to-peer user currency transfers
“Apple just changed their guidelines last month, so they don't take their 30% cut when a user passes currency to another user, and that's a big deal, and it was in reaction to feedback from consumers who want to do micropayments, and, you know, with cryptocurre…”
Sideman: Centralized platforms capture billions while creators get almost no value
“And then, you know, the second thing is there's a very disproportionate allocation of the value generated from these digital media networks. The internet started with this beautiful promise of a level playing field, but it ends up with what's happening is that…”
Sideman: Props will launch a tokenized creator economy later in 2017
“We're launching a decentralized, tokenized economy later this year where creators, whether they're independent like you or MTV or America's Got Talent, both of which are on our service today, will be rewarded with token.”
Sideman: Apple's restrictive app review process is unsustainable
“I think that slowly but surely, they're going to be moving towards enabling more and more openness. You know, the fact that Apple still reviews every update by Every line of code is just horrendous in terms of facilitating development, and it's not sustainable…”
Sideman: Props ecosystem will fully decentralize within 2.5 years
“Yeah, so there is a timeline, and we map it out in the white paper, and it's over the next two and a half years.”
Sideman: YouNow was the largest US mobile live streaming platform in 2015
“So I started YouNow, which became the largest mobile live streaming in the U.S. In 2015”
Sideman: Gaming industry reached $100B annually, double Hollywood's size
“And, you know, that's why the gaming industry bypassed Hollywood in size. It's around a hundred billion a year versus Hollywood at less than 50.”
Sideman: YouNow creators earn five figures monthly from user micropayments
“We have creators earning five figures per month for micropayments, so it's a really powerful engagement tool, especially for a creator like yourself who engages the audience by definition, and that audience wants to support you.”
Sideman: Two-sided markets derive high value from decentralization, unlike all businesses
“You know, I tend to think of two-sided markets as being prone to having great value in decentralization, and I'm lucky to be working within that space and can benefit from these amazing opportunities to allow others to participate in this ecosystem, but I'm no…”
Sideman: YouNow takes a 40% commission on platform transactions
“We take a 40% commission on our transactions, and we are changing that.”
Sideman: YouNow is shifting business model from transaction fees to token alignment
“Our whole business model changes from taxing transactions of our users to being completely aligned with our users and growing the size of the network.”
Sideman: Interactive video generates $0.50 per user hour versus $0.07 for TV
“Mary Meeker came out with a report a few months ago that talked about revenue per user per hour, and in interactive video environments like live streaming and gaming, it's 50 cents per user per hour, and on TV and radio, which are mostly ad-based It's less tha…”