I think Peertube is more of a Vimeo alternative. YouTube is built around advertising.
this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2025
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Really? And here I thought they were all video platforms. Youtube advertising is just an added layer of enshittification.
I'm guessing maybe they meant that the people uploading to YouTube more often than not are hoping to make money from it. Or even if that's not what they meant, it is definitely a big difference between platforms.
Sure, I was being slightly facetious to make a point about the issues that Peertube solves. IMHO the most valuable part of Youtube is the one Peertube replaces — videos.
The Youtube advertising that people seem to make money off is the part I already do my damnedest to avoid with third party apps and front ends. Peertube solves that as well.
Same issue as Lemmy. Not enough people see centralized media as an issue and thus the status quo will continue.
Like with fucking, friction is the difference between pleasure and pain. If I click a YT link and the video starts playing, no lag, no buffering, just plays, I will come back.
I tried to watch the French dude describing Texas, hosted on Peertube. It took 17 minutes, 3 attempts, 2 error messages, lag while playing.
Can't change the paradigm with thrift.
That's weird, I watch it every day and have never had an issue like that.
Interesting. I’ve watched some videos without issue, though not many since there aren’t that many to watch.
Sounds like a personal issue TBH
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Wow, someone should make a bot for awareness or something.