Remember Vimeo? They started as an alternative to Youtube, letting anybody upload. Then they decided to dump their small users and go for large ones.
Vimeo is publicly held, so we can see how this worked out.[1] Price one year ago, at the peak, $49. Price today, $6.54.
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-c26vvh?ocid=...