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YouTube --> PeerTube Next? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So Elon gutted Twitter, and people jumped ship to Mastodon. Now spez did... you know... and we're on Lemmy and Kbin. Can we have a YouTube to PeerTube exodus next? With the whole ad-pocalypse over there, seems like Google is itching for it.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'll take you word for its implementation-

Main problem stems from monetization.

That, is the real issue. Persuading content creators to come elsewhere will always be a challenge, especially as... well. income/money is the reason most of them make videos.

This is compounded by the fact, the majority of us purposely block ads, and nobody is going to switch from youtube, to a platform filled with ads.

In terms of compensation, that gets even tricker. If- the content creators are being compensated, then the people hosted the petabytes worth of videos, is going to want to be compensated as well.

Honestly, as dumb as it sounds, the best way to implement this, might be in a form of storage-based crypto, where the coins are earned from the pieces of videos you are hosted.

Let's be honest- 99% of us don't pay a cent for watching youtube content, and over 90% of us block all of the ads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Lbry already tried that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

most mid range creator already do sponsor works or patreon, fighting for the ad impression money isn't really something you can "do" unless you are in the top 0.1%. (basically, eye balls have limited time, so people flock to certain creator so they more or less feel like in the tribe, it's a social psychology thing, and why pewdepie was a thing. Or why Bieber was a thing. )

I think things like peertube would face the most difficult thing is copyright and content moderation. It would take a lot of effort to maintain good quality contents.