Video Hosting Site Vimeo Raises Creator Subscription Prices Due to 'Bandwidth Consumption'

Ryan Epps, Tech Times 15 March 2022, 05:03 pm (Photo : Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Various Vimeo creators have noted abrupt changes to their subscription plans over the past several days. The alterations are all but a business restructuring to the company, allowing it to render the fair use policy changed due to revenue concerns. To creators, however, it’s a slap in the face from a platform that at the outset seemed ideal for their varied content to thrive.  Vimeo is effectively allotting said creators an egregious ultimatum: pay up or pack up. The platform’s head of communications, Matt Anchin, explains to the Verge these changes as requirements based on a user’s bandwidth threshold. After exceeding a bandwidth limit, Vimeo was obligated to restructure the plan with the creator.  “Our goal will always be to provide the best video solution possible and work with our users so they can continue to reach their audiences in high quality,” Anchin says. “We know there is always room to do better, and we are working to enhance our transparency and communication around bandwidth usage, both on and off our platform.”  Creators like Channel 5, a popular on-the-street interview content special, and Lois van…
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