The YouTube Alternative Nobody's Talking About ! Peertube
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See more about Peertube here: https://joinpeertube.org/en_US - Peertube is an amazing open source application that replicates many of the features found on Y...
    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
      27·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, without the ability to search in a useful way, it’s useless for a viewer that isn’t already aware of a specific instance and its contents.

      That isn’t about stupidity, it’s simply that it’s useless for the kind of viewing YouTube is.

    • KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      4 months ago

      I’ve also had VERY mixed luck with linked videos loading. It does work sometimes, but I feel like I’m rolling the dice every time I try one.

    • Meldrik@lemmy.wtf
      71·
      4 months ago

      PeerTube work just like Lemmy, when it comes to federation. If you are on the front page of Lemmy.wtf you only see content that is federated specifically with lemmy.wtf. On PeerTube.wtf you also only see content that is federated. However, PeerTube support a “global search” that uses SepiaSearch and SepiaSearch knows about pretty much every PeerTube instance. So when you use the search box on peertube.wtf, it will search beyond the instances that federates with peertube.wtf.

    • Ephera@lemmy.ml
      61·
      4 months ago

      There is SepiaSearch, but yeah, it specifically poses itself as just a search box, because a centralized front page is antithetical to decentralization…

      • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
        3·
        4 months ago

        Not really. Like searx, dozens of people can host decentralized but whole network spanning search instances. I think sepiasearch itself could be selfhosted.

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
    131·
    4 months ago

    I fully support this. Unlike Rossmann’s platform, this isn’t scraping YouTube and reposting videos without ads. This is a genuine competitor to YouTube using a decentralized network. Great! Keep it up! If I were a creator, I would definitely use this. The peer-to-peer aspect of it is fantastic, especially for live streaming.

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
      2·
      4 months ago

      AND you can subscribe with mastodon (and probably all other AP protocol using services soon).

      We do still need a more streamlined content discovery process. I need to be able to have peertube recommend me stuff I might want to see if I so decide.

      Btw, I‘m not a hater. I run a peertube instance myself: https://peertube.giftedmc.com

        • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
          1·
          4 months ago

          Awesome! I just realized that we should have something like the fediseer for peertube. Because only manually subscribing isnt great for growth imo. Nice game btw.

      • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        4 months ago

        I just checked it out, scrolled down the main page. Looks good - well two videos popped up a dozen times but that also happens here.

        The only thing I wish it (and YouTube) had was a description instead of just thumbnail and title.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    71·
    4 months ago

    https://peertube.lon.tv/ is down :/

    And I don’t know why people think “monetisation are ads”. It’s nearly the first thing that came out of his mouth when talking about money. It feels like the facebook et al have just redefined what it means to monetise something and people assume it means ads. However, all it means is “to make a profit or derive income from” (dictionary.com). Ads are nowhere in the definition.

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
      3·
      4 months ago

      Exactly. The linux experiment for example has paid subscriptions for bonus content. There are so many alternatives to ads.

      One caveat is that ads are probably the most straightforward for a lot of creators as they dont need to harass their customers. so it is the most comfortable probably.