Whelp, here we go again

  • Vertelleus@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Anyone hoping there will be a mass exodus from YouTube to other–maybe fediverse YouTube alternatives, reminiscent of the Reddit exodus?

    • Chobbes@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      YouTube is a very different scale of platform… There’s probably ways that it could be done, and I know things like PeerTube do exist, but… Storing video is expensive, serving video is expensive, transcoding video is expensive… While I’d love to see it, I’d also worry a little bit about the retention of videos over time. YouTube’s video archive is kind of insanely valuable, and it’d be a shame to have it disappear. Not that I necessarily think it’s safe in Google’s hands, mind you, I just worry that people self-hosting video would drop out pretty quickly.

    • 🦊 OneRedFox 🦊@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Well, PeerTube exists, but IDK how good it actually is since basically no one uses it. I also think professional content creators aren’t going to like the Fediverse very much since there is significantly less money in it, but for hobbyists it could work. Of all the big social media platforms, video hosting/streaming is the hardest case to replace. It’ll be interesting though. I hear PeerTube works like torrents.

    • Invader753
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      1 year ago

      Yes I hope, but I don’t see it happening. Creators will go where the masses are and where the money is.

    • menturi@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      I have heard of peertube as a fediverse-based alternative, but I have not heard of anybody actually talk about really using it.