101
Peertube's moment might come soon (feddit.de)
submitted 10 months ago by sexy_peach@feddit.de to c/technology@beehaw.org
85 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/5294605

Youtube, for so many years, was just too good. Yes, they changed the 5 star rating system to likes and dislikes and a few years later disabled dislikes altogether, but their algorithm mostly digs up interesting content and it just works for creators and viewers.

This might change soon. Their new strategy to disallow ad-blockers will frustrate a certain kind of viewer. Those who dislike surveillance and like open-source tech, those who use uBlock Origin and know why.

Just like a few years ago mastodon suddenly reached a certain kind of popularity, because twitter had their first big fuckup, maybe Peertube is next. It certainly is the most polished decentralized solution that doesn't use a blockchain. Creators or fans could easily host their own videos, fans can watch it, without ads.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] nix@merv.news 10 points 10 months ago

Not until they make it possible for creators to make money. At least with a patreon type system on peertube itself

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 10 months ago

That's without doubt the worst feature of YouTube.

The amount of algorithm spam is unfathomable. A web search of "how do I ...?" went from one line responses to ten minute videos with an automated voice.

There last ten years of internet have been a mistake.

[-] nix@merv.news 3 points 10 months ago

I use YouTube for blender tutorials and find new tutorials that are straight to the point all the time so I’m not sure what you mean.

Also if anything that’s a reason for making monetization via a system like patreon even more important instead of an ad based monetization.

[-] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago

Funny you should mention Blender, there is an official Blender channel on Peertube

[-] nix@merv.news 3 points 10 months ago

I know, they actually run their own instance

[-] SNFi@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

I saw some YouTubers linking their Patreon on their channel info and video descriptions. As I don't have a Google account and not going to start now, this is the only way I can support hem. If they are interested in getting money, they will just start making good content to get patrons instead of shit videos that make you addicted or hypnotized to keep watching them, I suppose, and would be more healthy too.

this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2023
101 points (99.0% liked)

Technology

37573 readers
310 users here now

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org
gyrfalcon@beehaw.org
rs5th@beehaw.org
coldredlight@beehaw.org
Los@beehaw.org
SemioticStandard@beehaw.org
TheRtRevKaiser@kbin.social
remington@beehaw.org