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I would agree that the biggest things holding PeerTube back right now are just the lack of interesting content and better search functionality. Unfortunately the content problem would probably only be fixed by PeerTube becoming more popular, but the way it would get more popular is through having more interesting content… Vicious cycle. PeerTube doesn’t have the benefit of a lack of alternatives whenever YouTube causes a mass exodus from their site, as Mastodon had with Twitter or Lemmy with Reddit. There are at least a few other YT alternatives such as Rumble and Odysee that already have strong advantages over PeerTube in the content, UI and funding departments, and some have mobile apps as well. Some even have sync features with YT to simultaneously post to YT and their site, a feature I don’t believe PeerTube has. It’s gonna take a lot of work to compete even with those sites.
I would agree that the biggest things holding PeerTube back right now are just the lack of interesting content and better search functionality. Unfortunately the content problem would probably only be fixed by PeerTube becoming more popular, but the way it would get more popular is through having more interesting content… Vicious cycle. PeerTube doesn’t have the benefit of a lack of alternatives whenever YouTube causes a mass exodus from their site, as Mastodon had with Twitter or Lemmy with Reddit. There are at least a few other YT alternatives such as Rumble and Odysee that already have strong advantages over PeerTube in the content, UI and funding departments, and some have mobile apps as well. Some even have sync features with YT to simultaneously post to YT and their site, a feature I don’t believe PeerTube has. It’s gonna take a lot of work to compete even with those sites.