What is floatplane, never heard of it? Seemingly an yt competitor by a somewhat popular youtuber. App on Android has "10k+" installs. Isn't it _way_ too early to say it wouldn't be a money losing business?
My guess is that the commenter is either a Floatplane insider or possibly just optimistic :-)
Think of Floatplane as more of a Patreon competitor with a video component, than a YouTube competitor.
Linus' goal for Floatplane is "If it doesn't fly, it'll at least float." There's only 20 creators on it and it's intended to compliment YouTube, not replace it.
What's floatplane? Hadn't heard of it. The website doesn't say much.
Floatplane is a video service built by the people behind the popular Youtube channel LinusTechTips. It is not a direct competitor to Youtube though. The platform makes it easier to let paying fans get videos earlier but it is not meant to build an audience.