• @maness300
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    410 months ago

    youtube is on its way out, thankfully.

    • Something Burger 🍔
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      1510 months ago

      As much as I hate what YouTube has become, it disappearing would be a disaster for the Internet. So much content would be lost…

      • oce 🐆
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        810 months ago

        And not anyone can support the server ressources required to run YouTube.

        • @maness300
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          610 months ago

          Centralizing it into 1 entity is the entire issue.

          That’s what federation aims to solve.

        • @[email protected]
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          510 months ago

          I wonder how much content worth archiving there really is on YouTube and what the resource cost would be like for just the good stuff.

          Like, if we just filter out all the clickbait prank videos, all the vlogs by famous assholes, all the ragebait, all the let’s plays by people who just scream a lot, all the bullshit reaction videos and all the shitty gym videos. Keep one of each for the museum and to teach humankind to never again let it come to this.

          How much more is there really to YouTube content if all the subpar crap is flushed away? And would the costs for hosting be too high to maintain?

          • oce 🐆
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            210 months ago

            It’s not that much disk storage but bandwidth that is hardcore. I would guess good quality content represent a higher bandwidth percentage than disk percentage.

      • @maness300
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        610 months ago

        This is why we should cherish those who save things and maybe consider saving a bit ourselves.

    • @berryjam
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      410 months ago

      And what’s the alternative? Genuine question

      • @maness300
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        510 months ago

        Peertube is the future. It just needs content.

        • Echo Dot
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          810 months ago

          It just needs content.

          Well yeah that’s kind of the rub though isn’t it