Good to see you back Philip!
I'm holding onto VIEW for the long term.
Technologically, I believe that Viewly is better than DTube. Even @exyle had made a post comparing the 2 platforms from a creator's perspective. Viewly is much smoother.
Unfortunately, Viewly is still in alpha with very limited features. Maybe if a beta with features like subscription, view counts, likes/dislikes, and a primitive monetization program was released, VIEW would be doing a lot better for an investor.
Much of DTube's and DLive's success can be attributed to the fact that they're all a part of the steem blockchain, so steemit users don't have to leave the steem ecosystem for their live streams and videos.