It’s hardly ever used by anyone, but it’s an open-source alternative to YouTube. It has several instances and whatnot, but I wonder if anyone here has used it.
It’s hardly ever used by anyone, but it’s an open-source alternative to YouTube. It has several instances and whatnot, but I wonder if anyone here has used it.
Nick from The Linux Experiment posts his videos on TILvids, a peertube instance, and as such they pop up on my fediverse feed, actually making me more likely to watch them than on YouTube. But otherwise, unfortunately, I don’t run into that much content worth watching on PeerTube, so I end up having to revert to YouTube (with Adblock and SponsorBlock).
Also, I sometimes worry about the whole Peer to peer aspect. The reason people who torrent usually get busted is because they serve the content they downloaded to others, which is legally often a bigger issue than simply downloading stuff. Since PeerTube works the same way, I worry that I unknowingly watch something that is somehow covered by some copyright I wasn’t aware of and some legal office tries to make my life hell.
Just use a VPN?
Then I’d have to start using a VPN every time I use PeerTube - that would be a major PITA.
Dear unknown user from kbin.earth,
If you think using just a VPN with no additional layer of obfuscation is a major PITA, I’m afraid the next coming years will be an El Nino sized cold shower for you… Be thankful for whatever you can still use.