Admittedly a risky crosspost, but cannot find conflicting community rules. I believe the possible discussion justifies it.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/[email protected]/p/999813/what-s-stopping-you-from-using-peertube

Or ‘What is PeerTube lacking that you simply cannot do without?’

I believe it’s a safe assumption that fediverse users want to move away from the monopolies and closed gardens so often associated with video streaming, and yet it’s not a task that’s ever been made easy. Maybe an ounce of inspiration is the cue we need, and so my question to you is; What’s Stopping you from using PeerTube?

  • lime!@feddit.nu
    40·
    3 days ago

    there’s no content, because there’s no audience, because there’s no content.

    the support youtube gives just in terms of traffic and storage is something peertube can never hope to achieve without big centralised instances.

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      There’s no content because there would be no reason to put your content on it even if it had the users.

      Being ad-free is great for the viewers, but it’s problematic for creators. Creators who already have something working for them on YouTube need to completely change their model if they now need to rely solely on donation/patreon. That’s especially hard for smaller channels who are still building viewership.

      The long and short of it is, it’s just harder to make content if you can’t at least get some ad revenue going.

      As a result, this is not a chicken and egg thing. It is not “there’s no content, because there’s no audience, because there’s no content”.

      Instead it’s “there’s no audience, because there’s no content, because there’s no ad revenue”. And now we have a real conceptual problem with the platform.

      • lime!@feddit.nu
        2·
        2 days ago

        yeah it’s a “if it’s free, you’re the product” thing but with nobody actually selling.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      Eh. I think the bigger deal is that the large platforms, including YouTube, give large content creators a cut of the ads. YouTube has had to deal with competition and part of that competition has been to pay content creators, even if it isn’t a lot.