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A free software to take back control of your videos! With more than 600,000 hosted videos, viewed more than 70 millions times and 150,000 users, PeerTube is the decentralized free software alternative to videos platforms developed by Framasoft

PeerTube is fantastic with its decentralized model that prioritizes user privacy and control. However, it still struggles to gain widespread popularity.

What do you think could be done to enhance PeerTube’s appeal and functionality, possibly even becoming a serious alternative to YouTube?

  • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
    78·
    5 months ago

    Why does PT have to be a place that creators get paid? Yes, that is essential if we want peertube to TAKE OVER THE WORLD. But what is wrong with providing a platform that ISN’T driven by content revenue along side YouTube? Those creators have needs that aren’t being catered to elsewhere.

    • ealoe@ani.social
      13·
      5 months ago

      Ok, show us all the free PT content you’ve made without getting paid. What’s that, you can’t pay your rent with PeerTube views, you need a real job you say? Well that’s why there’s no content, creators need to eat too.

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
        34·
        5 months ago

        I mean it’s not hard to find my PT server with my content on it. And yeah, NO ONE IS EVERY GOING TO PAY TO SEE MY CONTENT. That’s kind of my point. There’s millions of people producing content THAT IS NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE, and they do this even though it doesn’t pay the rent. Like, I honestly don’t even know what your point is except to deny reality.

    • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      Nothing is wrong with that at all. But you’re never going to get enough content to increase your total subscriber base as long as your creators have to spend most of their time working other jobs.

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
        23·
        5 months ago

        What if I’m not manufacturing content, what if I just have things I want to say? Why can’t we have one fucking platform that isn’t monetized?

        • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
          9·
          5 months ago

          Sure. Absolutely.

          But that’s not what this thread is about and that isn’t what I was replying to. If you want to start a thread saying “Why PeerTube doesn’t need to grow to be a great place.” knock yourself out. I agree with you.

          But this thread specifically is about, and I quote…

          …possibly even becoming a serious alternative to YouTube?

          And for that, you need monetization.

          Stay on topic.