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wow just wow while i can't say i didn't see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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[–] imnotneo@vlemmy.net 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

what's the fediverse alternative to YouTube? seems like this is the way the 2020's are going

[–] EuphoricPenguin22@normalcity.life 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oddysee is built on LBRY, which I believe is the closest thing. I think there's something else called PeerTube, but I'm not sure what it is exactly (haven't looked into it).

[–] abogical@lemmy.one 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I might be too pedantic, but Odysee/LBRY is a blockchain-based decentralized network. But its not federated and it doesn't use activitypub like Lemmy and mastodon. I would only call Peertube to be part of the fediverse.

[–] EuphoricPenguin22@normalcity.life 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not too pedantic at all; those are indeed two distinct ways of creating similar applications. In my opinion, federated alternatives are more appealing than those based on blockchain technologies. Federated networks are proving to provide a more palatable experience through hybrid decentralized centralization.

[–] jmondi@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m pretty sure peertube is just a selfhosted version of YouTube that caches YT videos locally. Not an actual separate platform to upload videos to. I could be mistaken.

[–] abogical@lemmy.one 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Partially correct. You can self host peertube instances. What differentiates it from YouTube is:

  • Instances can share their video lists with other instances via ActivityPub. Even to Mastodon and Lemmy.
  • PeerTube video player is peer to peer. You can download the video from the server directly or from another peer watching the same video. This may be helpful for livestreams.
[–] jmondi@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Definitely did not realize this, that is really cool! Thanks for sharing.

[–] abogical@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Also its a separate okatform. Could be used to cache YT videos but that's not its primary purpose.

[–] abogical@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Its a separate platform. It could be used to cache YT videos but that's not its primary purpose.

[–] HopperMCS@lemux.minnix.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I've been tracking the Fediverse loosely since stumbling into StatusNet and OStatus in 2011. To see the fediverse alive and well after being away for so long makes me very happy, though I don't share the same political opinions as many of the people here.

That said, I'd argue there needs to be a way to spin up PeerTube and educate the masses on how to do that instead of starting a YouTube channel.

[–] worfamerryman 1 points 1 year ago

Peer tube is the fediverse version of YouTube.

I don’t know much about it to be honest, but I’ve tried to use it a little just to see how it works and latency can be hit or miss.

I mean imagine 100 people trying to stream the same video from your home network. You might not have the bandwidth to handle it.