I enjoy PeerTube for what it is. But we have to talk about how PeerTube is I would say the one open source app that is getting the least amount of new users

So wanted to bring up some points on how we can improve it in some ways:

It is too complex with not enough up to date guides and videos on how to set it up for most people
Need new open source frontend client mobile apps to make it simpler to sign up, sign in, & watch videos/channels on it
The website for sign up is not very user-friendly and like a semi-maze for people who are new

Anything else you would like to add or say about PeerTube in general?

It's a phenomenal project and backend will of course stay the same but it needs a better pipeline of people and creators to it

Also check out post by another person below mine about Keep Android Open

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[–] GoobsTaco382@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm trying to like the service, and I still use it on occasion but the issue for me is using the app. I'm confused on how things work. I downloaded the app and I was following a creator. Then I went to another peertube instance to finally make an account, and afterwards try to follow that creator. His videos don't show up. I opened the browser to sign in to follow him there hopping he would show up on my peertube app, but that also wasn't the case. Idk, it's a little confusing.

Also in the app I don't know how to search for videos across perrtube, I feel like I can only arch search for videos in my instance.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 month ago

Federation on PeerTube can be pretty restrictive depending on the instance you register on. You should check out this link: https://lemmy.wtf/post/15816115