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>>lopesp+(OP)
Interesting article but it only talks about 1 half of the coin. For the sort of stuff they are talking about you can't get near the visibility and ease of use building it yourself.

You will see a fraction of the traffic that somebody doing the same thing on those platforms will see.

They try to hand wave it with build a tower and bring them back to your site but that rarely works well.

I need to create an account to use your site has a significantly higher bar than I hit subscribe to see your next video in my feed.

>>birdma+If
Why not both?

Build your castle in your own kingdom but have "vassels" in all those other kingdoms to get the benefits they provide and use them to promote your own kingdom. You might still rely on those 3rd party "kingdoms" for the vast majority of your income but you at least have options if one kicks you out and your fans know where to find you.

[edit: akin to a developer having the official git repo self hosted but mirroring it into github for the community]