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Peertube's moment might come soon (feddit.de)
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cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/5294605

Youtube, for so many years, was just too good. Yes, they changed the 5 star rating system to likes and dislikes and a few years later disabled dislikes altogether, but their algorithm mostly digs up interesting content and it just works for creators and viewers.

This might change soon. Their new strategy to disallow ad-blockers will frustrate a certain kind of viewer. Those who dislike surveillance and like open-source tech, those who use uBlock Origin and know why.

Just like a few years ago mastodon suddenly reached a certain kind of popularity, because twitter had their first big fuckup, maybe Peertube is next. It certainly is the most polished decentralized solution that doesn't use a blockchain. Creators or fans could easily host their own videos, fans can watch it, without ads.

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[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The near stranglehold YT has had on online video could not last forever. I think they'll be the 800 pound gorilla for years to come, but I hope many smaller guys pick up speed as YT continues to throw its weight around. And I believe YT will continue to shit on users and eventually pay a high price for that.

How long until YT is totally paywalled?

[–] hascat@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How long until YT is totally paywalled?

Probably never. I doubt they could offset ad revenue with subscription fees.

[–] Butterbee@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Bold of you to assume they would stop rolling ads instead of simply requiring a "fair and reasonable ad supported tier".