I call them Craptube

Yeah it is pretty bad out there and I like the ThemTube name.   That is pretty good!  I personally think some responsible 3rd party advertising can work on a platform and ultimately I want to build a platform like STEEM with a little different interface and some tweaks that will have some responsible ads that aren't intrusive and then pump part of the rewards back into the content creators so that they can earn crypto and earn money off the ads as well.   

The biggest hurdle with all of it is the hosting expense of videos.   That is what kills most competitors.   It is far too expensive for most to float the cost to scale up.   

I think with what we are seeing with DLive is very interesting and I can envision a platform that takes elements from Steemit, DTube, DLive, and Busy.org and creates a really good user experience where people can upload videos and live stream and post updates about what they are doing......etc.   

I really feel like the format that DTube is in but with at least 1080p capability, reliability, and the ability to livestream could work really well and then have non intrusive ads as well to help bring in more revenue to the model.    

Here is honestly what I would like to do.   Do an airdrop on EOS and bill it as a video platform that also has advertisement revenue for content creators and development of the platform.  Keep 30% of the initial token supply to fund development and also drop a portion of that to STEEM accounts who have at least 500 SP and a reputation over 50.   

Then build the thing off the already operating code from STEEM / DLive instead of building on EOS directly to speed up development of it.     

Essentially it would be a similar platform in a lot of ways just with a wider and more fair distribution model.   Then let the market decide if the project is worth buying into .....etc.

Youtube is not dead, while we all have complaints about Youtube as soon as someone leave there's a flurry of new people waiting to take their place despite the long waits and everything else. I feel for Brian and yeah it's super frustrating but Youtube has such a head start on every other video platform out there. Competitors like VidMe have come and gone, nobody else can really manage to even come up with a decent competitor. While DTube is cool lets be honest there's nowhere near the number of users, nowhere near the wide array of content, etc. 

I think InstaTV may be able to give them a run for their money but ultimeatley I don't think they will win out over Youtube. InstaTV also isn't going to be doing monetization at least initially which I think isn't a smart move. If you wanna win over creators you gotta let them earn