Peertube

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A free software to take back control of your videos

Peertube is an open, federated alternative to Youtube without advertising or tracking. On this site, you can find a good Peertube instance, with good rules, good moderation and most importantly a friendly community.

https://joinpeertube.org/

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Should PeerTube add a built‑in "Join" button for channels, similar to YouTube? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Teknevra@lemmy.world to c/peertube@lemmy.ml

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I know that channel creators on PeerTube can add links to Buy Me a Coffee, Ko‑fi, Patreon, etc., but there’s no native, in‑house way for a casual viewer to directly support a creator from within PeerTube itself.

Do you think PeerTube should implement a built‑in “Join” button that would handle payments/subscriptions internally, without sending the user to a third‑party site?

Potential Pros:

Easier for casual viewers to support creators without leaving the platform.

Could help smaller creators earn more from one‑time donations or memberships.

Might make PeerTube feel more polished and competitive with YouTube.

Potential Cons:

Could add complexity to moderation and hosting for instance admins.

Might raise legal or tax issues for different countries.

Could centralize financial control, which goes against PeerTube’s decentralized ethos.

What do you think — worth adding, or better to leave this to third‑party services?

This could also be an optional feature that instance admins can enable or disable, so it still fits within the federation model.

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I think that makes more sense than what OP is looking for. The problem is only that almost nobody has an account there and set up payment like a lot of people already do with a google account for YouTube Join.

But still It's more reasonable than Farmasoft developing something just for PeerTube.

[–] Teknevra@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

That sounds interesting.

Perhaps a potential third-party plugin, that instance admins could potentially decide whether or not to allow,