Anybody here running PeerTube?
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Anybody here that is running PeerTube?
It's self-hosted open source video sharing using P2P networking to lessen bandwidth requirements on the servers.
https://joinpeertube.org/img/news/release-3.1/en/trending.png
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@pete-s said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
Anybody here that is running PeerTube?
It's self-hosted open source video sharing using P2P networking to lessen bandwidth requirements on the servers.
https://joinpeertube.org/img/news/release-3.1/en/trending.png
I am not. The Jupiter Broadcasting guys set one up at some point. I think that project’s now on their back-burner.
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Huh - I love the idea of getting away from Google and their data mongering... but I don't see this being viable.
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@eddiejennings said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
I am not. The Jupiter Broadcasting guys set one up at some point. I think that project’s now on their back-burner.
This maybe? They explain some of the things they need added. Mostly management issues to be honest.
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@dashrender said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
Huh - I love the idea of getting away from Google and their data mongering... but I don't see this being viable.
Isn't that the problem almost all open source projects have?
You need someone with resources to market it, pour money in it and polish it for mass consumption.
That's why linux on the desktop hasn't taken off and probably never will. Nobody is marketing it and nobody is going to - unless there is money to be made in some way.
PeerTube could become a thing among
geeksopen source advocates though. -
@pete-s said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
@dashrender said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
Huh - I love the idea of getting away from Google and their data mongering... but I don't see this being viable.
Isn't that the problem almost all open source projects have?
You need someone with resources to market it, pour money in it and polish it for mass consumption.
That's why linux on the desktop hasn't taken off and probably never will. Nobody is marketing it and nobody is going to - unless there is money to be made in some way.
PeerTube could become a thing among
geeksopen source advocates though.The issue here is not related to the source but to a service.
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@scottalanmiller said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
@pete-s said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
@dashrender said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
Huh - I love the idea of getting away from Google and their data mongering... but I don't see this being viable.
Isn't that the problem almost all open source projects have?
You need someone with resources to market it, pour money in it and polish it for mass consumption.
That's why linux on the desktop hasn't taken off and probably never will. Nobody is marketing it and nobody is going to - unless there is money to be made in some way.
PeerTube could become a thing among
geeksopen source advocates though.The issue here is not related to the source but to a service.
PeerTube isn't a service. It's a self-hosted video server that can also federate content from other PeerTube servers.
So the network of PeerTube servers is decentralized and not subject to the whims of any one company. Like email. Or the www before companies started to build closed networks inside (Facebook etc).
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@pete-s said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
@scottalanmiller said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
@pete-s said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
@dashrender said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
Huh - I love the idea of getting away from Google and their data mongering... but I don't see this being viable.
Isn't that the problem almost all open source projects have?
You need someone with resources to market it, pour money in it and polish it for mass consumption.
That's why linux on the desktop hasn't taken off and probably never will. Nobody is marketing it and nobody is going to - unless there is money to be made in some way.
PeerTube could become a thing among
geeksopen source advocates though.The issue here is not related to the source but to a service.
PeerTube isn't a service. It's a self-hosted video server that can also federate content from other PeerTube servers.
So the network of PeerTube servers is decentralized and not subject to the whims of any one company. Like email. Or the www before companies started to build closed networks inside (Facebook etc).
Hmmm maybe we should try it out.
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@pete-s said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
@scottalanmiller said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
@pete-s said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
@dashrender said in Anybody here running PeerTube?:
Huh - I love the idea of getting away from Google and their data mongering... but I don't see this being viable.
Isn't that the problem almost all open source projects have?
You need someone with resources to market it, pour money in it and polish it for mass consumption.
That's why linux on the desktop hasn't taken off and probably never will. Nobody is marketing it and nobody is going to - unless there is money to be made in some way.
PeerTube could become a thing among
geeksopen source advocates though.The issue here is not related to the source but to a service.
PeerTube isn't a service. It's a self-hosted video server that can also federate content from other PeerTube servers.
So the network of PeerTube servers is decentralized and not subject to the whims of any one company. Like email. Or the www before companies started to build closed networks inside (Facebook etc).
it is a service, just like email is a service. But as you mentioned a decentralized one.
And that's the killer - why it won't ever have mass appeal on it's own.
Now as you mentioned if someone comes along, takes the open source, pours a moon worth of dollars into it, polishes it up, etc... and mass markets it to the public... they could make it appeal-able to the masses.
the question then becomes - how do they monetize it? Ads you say? well, then you're just becoming the next Youtube, collecting data because the advertisers demand it.
