5by 3.0

@gregisenberg @5by Thanks for jumping in here, Greg. For some reason my initial thought when I saw your product was, "Ah it's the product hunt of video clips!" do you feel like that is a good way to describe 5by if you had to resort to an "X of Y" comparative description?

@gregisenberg Just wondering, is there a reason I can use @5by on the web without giving my phone number, but have to on iOS? It looks really nice, like the app I've always wanted, and others have tried before.

@rrhoover Thanks Ryan. I think there will be a lot more quality online video content being created. For example, VICE (disclosure: partner of ours) has some amazing video content, that they are syndicating to YouTube (and 5by) for free. Brands like VICE make it easy for young people to question about cutting the cord. There is a huge segment of people (like me) that have never even 'had the cord'. At the same time, TV is going to syndicate a lot of their content on online platforms including free ones like Hulu. I also think that we haven't really scratched the surface on monetization of online video. For example, how do you integrate commerce? I think pre-rolls is a quick and easy way to monetize, but you'll see some interesting models really soon. What this all means is, better content, less ads, more places to view content and more cord cutting. Here, here!

@byosko Thanks for the kind words, Ben.

@brackin Really appreciated the kind words.

@chadbharris Thanks! We're pretty excited too! Appreciate the kind words.