Comment on What is this shit? I have to be signed in to watch any video now?
cley_faye@lemmy.world 1 day agoPeer to peer viewing can only go so far. Some people, when they put a video out, get hundred of thousands of view in the span of a few minutes. This works relatively well on youtube, with a very large CDN (and probably some heuristics for big accounts). It is enough to hinder “smaller” platforms like dailymotion. It would just be a terrible experience on peertube as it is now, unless the creator preemptively mirrored it in many, many places beforehand.
descartador@lemmy.eco.br 1 day ago
Maybe the peer to peer aspect of it could sustain big amounts of viewers
Allero@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
Not really, at least not when viewers all flood in once the video is out.
In this situation, everyone needs a file, but barely anyone can share it, leading to terrible bandwidth.