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Are people blind on PeerTube? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I read many comments on how PeerTube isn't sustainable as a YouTube alternative and, while it's certainly true right now, are we sure it will be the same in the near future?

The platform is growing and the new mobile app is making great progress; I can certainly see some people investing in a major instance some day, accelerating the platform adoption.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Yep not sustainable. Think of how much diak space YouTube is using. Just was reading this morning how peertube instances limit new users and that's ok. If everyone can't upload videos it we'll never replace YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

This is just 12 different kinds of incorrect.

Think of how much diak space YouTube is using

Disk space will be the least of your concerns when running a service like YT.

If everyone can't upload videos it we'll never replace YouTube.

Everyone CAN upload videos to their own instance.
It doesn't have to replace YouTube. It can exist alongside it as a competitor.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Some peertube instances do, most do not. Some have manual processes, some don't.

Ex: https://makertube.net/signup

And no one is stopping anyone from creating their own server. Yunohost even makes it a one click solution.

It's just like Lemmy/fediverse stuff. Each instance provider has their own rules. And that's ok

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Disk space is quite cheap and I'm sure high quality vids could take a very small space if NPU processed and upscaled.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Disk space is relatively cheap, until you also count redundancy, backups, storage hardware, utilities, and bandwidth.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

Redundancy and backup is automatically provided thanks to federation, other instances can decide to host a copy of your vid (see archive.com for example).

Bandwidth is provided by torrent.

Storage HW can be anything.

Ads are supported so you can monetize

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

Hell, using consumer grade, free tools (handbrake) I can convert a DVD to mkv and reduce the file size upwards of 75%, and still be perfectly viewable on a current 65" TV.

I can only imagine the capabilities of Google/YouTube. It would be fascinating to see a high level diagram of how they handle a video.