cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/5294605

Youtube, for so many years, was just too good. Yes, they changed the 5 star rating system to likes and dislikes and a few years later disabled dislikes altogether, but their algorithm mostly digs up interesting content and it just works for creators and viewers.

This might change soon. Their new strategy to disallow ad-blockers will frustrate a certain kind of viewer. Those who dislike surveillance and like open-source tech, those who use uBlock Origin and know why.

Just like a few years ago mastodon suddenly reached a certain kind of popularity, because twitter had their first big fuckup, maybe Peertube is next. It certainly is the most polished decentralized solution that doesn’t use a blockchain. Creators or fans could easily host their own videos, fans can watch it, without ads.

  • @[email protected]English
    26•1 year ago

    the issue is the cost of storage. I hope Google and their services burn to the ground already, but I just don’t see Peertube instances being able to handle the amount of videos that gets constantly uploaded on Youtube. hell, Mastodon instances were having issue with the first big waves, and that’s mostly a text-based platform.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      I don’t think that peertube can offer the same amount of video storage to newcomers, that yt does. But it should be easy to host peertube with a fraction of the income (from patreon, in video adverts) that big creators have.

      But maybe we’re wrong and it will work, there’s plenty of servers out there that anyone can upload to.

      • SamXavia
        7•1 year ago

        It just puts smaller creators into a part that they won’t be able to upload and that’s the great thing about YouTube or most other Video Platforms is anyone can create. If the only people that can release content are the Elites then how will they be replaced in the future when they get burnt out, die or just want to move on?

        • @[email protected]OPEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          I don’t have a perfect solution. They either have to find a server that gives them a home or they have to figure something else out. At the moment there are lots of servers and not a lot of uploaders.

          Also it is possible to host peertube from home. With yunohost, it’s pretty easy. New people will only get a couple of views which is doable with a home connection.

          They could still start on yt, like today. But if they have a following, they might not like all the YT restrictions.