I reaaaally want to like Peertube, but the network effect was very real. I haven't checked it out in a while, but the last time I visited it was starving for content.
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Youtube is just too easy, and most people don't value FOSS tech.
Maybe there is a way to integrate with Nostr and we could just take it over?
I was wondering about that. Almost like an rss feed?
For most people FOSS is not a feature at all. I'd go out of my way to use something if it's FOSS, even if it donsn't solve all my problems, instead of using a more featureful app that is proprietary. Because proprietary software is a trap.
The FOSS software that is popular is not used by normies because it's FOSS, but because it's really good: VLC and Firefox come to mind. For people who have a need for it, Blender is another example of extremely high quality software.
Peertube, by it's decentralized nature, is not going to be as fast as Google's servers for YouTube, so most people would actively avoid it. The irony is that if more people used Peertube, it would be faster.
By that last statement, you mean more connection=less resistance kinda thing?
With Peertube you stream from an instance, but there's also p2p streaming. So more people watching, more people to stream from. It's like a torrent with 1 seed vs a torrent with thousands of seeds.
Plus, if it becomes popular, there would be more instances, just like there are many bitcoin nodes.
Because it's all running natively, not from a server. That makes sense. Assuming I get you right.
Very short explanation: https://framatube.org/videos/watch/217eefeb-883d-45be-b7fc-a788ad8507d3