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submitted 7 months ago by sexy_peach@feddit.de to c/technology@beehaw.org

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.

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[-] DuckGuy@mander.xyz 18 points 7 months ago

Peertube needs to really federate if it wants a fighting chance. Having to rely on Sepia Search to find videos just won't cut it for most people.

[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago

It also needs some big content producers using it in order to anchor it. And that requires it to enable an intuitive business model for those producers.

Patreon integration, payment processor integration, and ads management. And that last one is kind of anathema to a lot of people and projects on the Fediverse.

[-] ursakhiin@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago

Not just using it. Using it exclusively. Nobody is going to commit to going to a new patient to watch just some of their favorite creators content.

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

It already has "Patreon" integration, with Liberapay, which is better because there are lower overall transaction fees (Lp itself imposes none).

Patreon would be probably relatively easy from that I think, as that's just one more platform that works in almost the same way.

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