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[–] vertelleus@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Video hosting is way too expensive and complex to be decentralised.

[–] flop@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

PeerTube is a thing, though it seriously lacks content. It uses WebTorrent, so similar to how more popular torrents end up being faster rather than more taxed, wider use could lead to better stream stability. It's hard to compete with literally the largest video platform in the world, but there is a world were the tech could give a solid alternative community similar to mastodon or lemmy.

[–] soulsource@mastodon.gamedev.place 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@cupcakezealot @vertelleus Didn't Vuze (aka Azureus) try to build a decentralized streaming service once? I could see how this might work, if built on top of Kademlia and WebSeeds.

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago
[–] SaltySalamander@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

fediverse YouTube alternatives

Yea, so who's hosting the videos and providing the bandwidth?

[–] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

With peertube it's kinda all of us.

[–] Invader753@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] OneRedFox@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years 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.