this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2024
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Also, with no built-in mechanism for embedding, say, youtube or peertube videos, Lemmy just is a primarily text-driven site like reddit used to be, and while there will be reams of text written about such a disaster... the video drastically speaks for itself. So the dearth of video on Lemmy, especially embedded video that allows you to watch without leaving Lemmy is holding it back in certain arenas.
Video storage costs a lot, it's not a surprise Lemmy chose not to support it, but here's hoping maybe someday they add the ability to embed videos and have them function in-page.
The Photon UI for lemmy can play embedded videos.
Photon UI is so good, more people should use it instead of the default Lemmy UI.
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