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shadrix's avatar
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Help: Background Video streaming, what to use? (YouTube is not allowed)

In Germany / Europe we have this shitty policy privacy (GDPR) that you are not allowed to use YoutTube Videos in the background if the user didn't accept it. I could load the video on my server, but because I want to have the lowest traffic cost, where would you put the video?

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tnorthcutt's avatar

There are other video hosting services (e.g. Vimeo) available. But, it might be good to think about what you're trying to accomplish; many (most?) people strongly dislike videos that start playing automatically. Perhaps you'd have happier users/visitors if you don't auto-play videos?

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shadrix's avatar
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@tnorthcutt Here watch this in action. I would say this should not be a problem for users.

Vimeo is also an American company so it's a no go as well :(

How expensive would this video example be when I leave it on digitalocean? Let's say with 30k viewers per month?

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