Why the world needs L.O.V.E.

Hey Product Hunt, Nic here. 👋

Have you ever noticed that the easiest thing to do in SaaS is upload your data, and the hardest thing to do is get it back out?

Today, my team and I launched L.O.V.E. (Livid One-Click Video Exporter). It’s a completely free tool that lets you bulk-download your entire Vimeo library.

We built it because we are tired of seeing creators and small businesses held hostage by their own content. Here is the short story of why this became personal for us.

🥄 The "Spooning" Effect

Our founding team is made up of former StreamYard employees. In 2024, we had a front-row seat to what happens when a beloved, creator-first tool gets acquired by Bending Spoons. If you know their playbook (with Evernote, Meetup, etc.), you know it usually involves massive, sudden price hikes, sometimes 100% or more.

Now, Bending Spoons has acquired Vimeo. The writing is on the wall.

The "Hostage" Tactics

Price hikes are annoying, but what we truly hate is artificial friction. Vimeo lacks a native "Download All" button. If you have 500 videos and want to leave because you can't afford the new pricing, you have to click download 500 individual times. They are actively counting on the friction being too high for you to churn.

We decided to break that friction.

With L.O.V.E., you plug in your account, and it packages your videos, folders, and metadata to save locally or push directly to Google Drive or Livid. No credit card, no catch. It’s an escape hatch, built before the major price hikes hit.

🏠 Where do the videos go next?

We aren't hiding our long-term goal here. We built this exporter because we also built a new home for those videos. We recently launched Livid, a video hosting platform designed specifically for individuals and small businesses who want clean, fast hosting without the bloated enterprise price tag.

If you want to move your library to Livid, you can do it with L.O.V.E. If you just want to download your files to a hard drive and never talk to us again, you can do that too. The tool is yours.

I’d love to hear from the PH community

What is the worst case of "vendor lock-in" or artificial friction you’ve experienced when trying to leave a SaaS product? Let’s hear the horror stories!