That is the way of the internet. Come up with a good idea. Market it, get it going, then either sell it to the big dogs or let them duplicate your idea, put bucks behind it, and pass you buy. Isn't that is what is happening to the heart of video-bloging?
You can have a potter custom create a coffee mug for you and charge you $35 to $55 or go to Walmart and get on for under $5. Not the same product, but serving similar function. So part of what I am hearing is that, if it is art and freedom of speech you want, no strings attached, do your own Vlog and take a good shot at traffic. Like the earlier documentary photographers that brought the hidden first pictures back to civilization, to open eyes of what is important, or what is going on, or what the masses are misssing or to alarm us of injustices... is the vloger. But those early documentary photographers did find a way. Many of them landed jobs with a new magazine at the time, LIFE magazine. It brought these pictures to the masses, and the masses appreciated them. So where is our saving ship now? Where is our life magazine? Or something similar for vlogers to stay afloat on, and earn $. So if the driver is traffic, How do I get more traffic? I don't have 10000's of hours to spend on social networking and seeing if after I spend these hours anyone would appreciate or care to purchase what I have to offer. They may be the wrong market. I don't know if I have hours to sped with listing companies to get my information to the masses. What is the quickest way? Still sounds like YouTube?