# First Class Support for 3rd Party Video Services **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [June 25, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-class-support-for-3rd-party-video-services/121241 "2019-06-25T06:19:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-class-support-for-3rd-party-video-services/121241/8 "2019-06-26T11:19:55Z")
“I want this video to remain online regardless of who might dislike it” and “I don’t want to pay for it” are incompatible perspectives. YouTube are well within their rights to take anything down from their service, because first and foremost it’s an advertising platform, free video hosting is a consequence of their ability to generate ad revenue. All free video platforms will run into this issue. Bitchute technically doesn’t host the content and aren’t a video platform in the typical sense, they use a proprietary player to access a webtorrent asset, so conventional HTML5 video players aren’t an option. I’m not sure how much effort is worth investing in this particular case as the content which finds a home on bitchute up until now has typically been far-right, or come complete with a free tinfoil hat. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-class-support-for-3rd-party-video-services/121241)._