Call me back when the experience as a content creator is not a nightmare, the experience as a user browsing for content is not a nightmare, when it can handle the load of an even moderately popular video.
The issue with streaming video online is not a technical one; making a “clone” of youtube, anyone can do so (and indeed, peertube exists). The issue with streaming video online is that if it gets traction, you need a lot of bandwidth and processing power to make it available when it needs to be available. One-two instances and “hopping P2P picks up” does not cut it.
And, as usual when anyone says anything bad about peertube: the idea is great, but almost by construction it lacks whats needed to be a valid replacement for centralized, yet HUGE existing platforms: traction, and a truckload of CDN-like instances that can handle the load. If someone putting highly anticipated content online could just “put” their video somewhere and send a link so people can watch it, immediately, and without issue, some would likely do so. Unfortunately, we’re very far from that yet.
baatliwala@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For a viewer: serious lack of content For a creator: extremely unlikely to make a living
utopiah@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Be the change you want to see. Here is my instance video.benetou.fr even if nobody cares, I tried.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Saying “be the change you want to see” doesn’t resolve any of the raised concerns.
utopiah@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
You don’t think the link I give helps potential viewers by showing there is content out there?