• tatterdemalion@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    Don’t most YouTubers make more money with their own sponsorships than from YT ads? Can we start the mass migration to PeerTube already?

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      3 months ago

      I don’t think Peertube would handle mass migration of Youtube creators, unless each and every one of them set up their own instance.

      • L3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.org
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        3 months ago

        I’d honestly be curious to see how that plays out. Every creator hosts their own content while strengthening and spreading the Peertube network.

        I feel like that would quickly solidify it as a viable alternative.

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            3 months ago

            In time the technical knowledge requirements may be reduced. I could see a small company selling pre-setup media servers with a couple TB of storage. Just plug it in, load up your videos and your basically done.

            And if you don’t have comments/users, there is little that needs to be maintained.

            It’s not perfect, but there will eventually be a point where YouTube becomes so enshitified that people begin to switch to alternatives.

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              3 months ago

              Nah, your ISP doesn’t give you enough bandwidth to host your own mini YouTube. You vastly underestimate the bandwidth required to run the service. It’s massive, which is why PeerTube is having a hard time gaining traction.

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      3 months ago

      YT will likely attempt to play creators and viewers off one another. Similar to how hospitality does so with patrons and staff re: tips. You could see a FUD campaign aimed at anyone republishing their work on competitor sites.

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      3 months ago

      odysee can also be a option from peertube as well but odysees privacy policy they sell non pii data according to them if they dont sell user data we will be good