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Not with that attitude. There is no reason we can't cultivate alternatives like PeerTube. No video platform starts with a massive library and if we actually want to take back our digital rights then we have to put our foot down and give a hard "no" to trading those rights away just because we really want to watch a particular creator on a corporate platform. It's the only way to not only stick it to Google but also let creators know that viewers will not tolerate the likes of Google.
I think the hosting is the real problem. For something like Lemmy where it's just text it's not too expensive, but when you need to store and stream videos for free I have to imagine most people wouldn't be able to afford that without charging for it and the moment you start charging you can't compete with YouTube anymore
i think the solution could be a FOSS torrenting site where everyone hosts their own videos (or maybe a stream only site?). people are already willing to fork over for netflix so maybe if the content quality was extremely high theyd shift (e.g. nebula)
Yep, this is already a solved problem via torrents. All that's needed is a site (like lemmy or something else) to host the links, and help with content discovery.
dessalines can you make a poetry community on lemmy.ml
https://lemmy.ml/c/poetry
oh what weird i thought i had looked it up, thank you!
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !poetry@lemmy.ml
Nebula could be a good case study in how well this would work. The content on there is of exceptional quality. To be honest, though, that's not always what I'm looking for. Sometimes I just want a bunch of garbage rather than a little high quality content. The big social media platforms put a bunch of it in one place. I know it's not really a good thing, but sometimes I just need background noise while I do other shit and random YouTube videos really does it for me.
I can't seem to find any data on how much of Nebula's revenue is actually due to the Curiosity stream tie-in, but I know even I was wary of the $5/mo subscription without the CuriosityStream sub to sweeten the deal. So maybe even the world's largest creator-owned streaming platform needed that investment.
We need to crowdfund a starting base, and after that the site wouid have to charge something just be reasonable to not like asshole youtube.
Majority of people will always choose free, convenient and what they're used to
If it's not free it stands very little chance against something that is all 3
Yeah, I'll let you know when anyone I watch even considers giving peertube a moment of consideration.