Comment by jlaternman

Comment by jlaternman 19 hours ago

I agree with this sentiment 100%.

Probably the speculative FOSS project I'm most excited to think about is an open alternative to YouTube – a universal video hosting platform or network, free from commercial incentives baked into the platform.

I've only started to think about this recently so haven't explored whether it's viable to e.g. run all video hosting in a torrent-like, distributed way, or perhaps a Mastodon-like model, but the goal seems like one of the best things free software could aim to achieve right now. YouTube needs to die, and it needs an alternative that could conceivably kill it.

fsflover 17 hours ago

It seems you're talking about PeerTube.

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portaouflop 11 hours ago

peertube is cool but it won’t be able to kill YouTube in a million years

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- fsflover 11 hours ago
  
  This is not necessary. It can simply provide an alternative, free platform for people who need it.
  
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  portaouflop 8 hours ago
  
  GP was stating that YouTube needs to die and you said PeerTube is the alternative that can kill it - unless I misunderstood something.
  I think PeerTube is great but it’s always going to be super niche. If it grows to a level that threatens YouTube I am sure that it would also change/exert economic pressure.
  
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  fsflover an hour ago
  
  PeerTube might kill YT, but definitely not very soon. However before that it can replace YT just for a tiny minority that needs it the most, which is a good step forward.
  It's the same as with GNU/Linux. Did it kill Windows? No. But it doesn't matter for me, since I abandoned Windows many years ago.
  
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