• @[email protected]
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    57 hours ago

    So why does it for for AP with Loops? What’s the fundamental difference between, isn’t the Fediverse the more decentralised system?

    • Kairos
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      44 hours ago

      Because Activity Pub is not a data salad. A video lives in a specific place.

    • paraphrand
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      35 hours ago

      I don’t think it has been proven that Loops is viable at scale yet.

      • @[email protected]
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        6 hours ago

        Loops uses ActivityPub and feeds video in a TikTok like manner.

        What’s the difference that makes it not achievable for AT but okay for AP?

        • @just_another_person
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          15 hours ago

          Because one costs money and another doesn’t. Simple fact.

          CDN distribution of content is 2X the cost of static hosted files. This isn’t a pendant saying “I CAN DO THIS” scenario, it’s “can it be monetized”, and in the case of of a video service on AT, absolutely not. Who do you think is paying for the hosting costs of a popular video in this scenario?

          Cuban doesn’t know WTF he’s talking about about at all, but if he wants to launch competition and pay for that, there is certainly an expectation that a return will be built. Ads all over the place.