1. Doodstream not good if your traffic is from India. Its blocked.
2. Streampe, VOE, Vidoza despite being old and reliable for payment but have extreme shaving mode on.
3. Lulu have decreased their rates drastically and have shaving mode on moderate to high.
4. Vidnest or Bigwarp excessive ads not able to play the video, frequent malicious scripts.
5. Vidara rates have gone down to 50%, also shaving has started.
6. Newcomers like Bigshare, Streamflash, etc extreme shaving mode on.
So there is technically no good video host left.
Every host has a conflict of interest between owners and uploaders and viewers.
1. Viewers don't want ads and don't want to pay.
2. Uploaders want to earn as much as possible.
3. Owners want to earn as much as possible.
More ads = more revenue = even more ads = viewers leave because the site is unusable, traffic drops = revenue drops.
If someone has to click through two or more ads to watch a video, they leave and find a better host.
Countries like India have a CPM of $0.02 on ad networks... that's why Doodstream blocks their traffic.
Uploaders, you need to understand that business isn't built by compromising viewers and shoving as many ads as possible at their expense.
Business is built with people together. They can accept one ad before a video, but not three, four, or more. Such a host is useless for most people to watch a video.
For us, one click is enough to watch a video. Users immediately know they don't have to click through tons of ads. This generates positive feedback and returning viewers.
Let's strive to build solutions that make everyone happy (sometimes at the cost of a few dollars less in profit).