Are people blind on PeerTube? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by SolarPunker@slrpnk.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I read many comments on how PeerTube isn't sustainable as a YouTube alternative and, while it's certainly true right now, are we sure it will be the same in the near future?

The platform is growing and the new mobile app is making great progress; I can certainly see some people investing in a major instance some day, accelerating the platform adoption.

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[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The sustainability argument stems from technological constraints. YouTube as a company has no problem sustaining millions of dollars in server infrastructure to serve media. Most self-hosters wouldn't be able to do that without significant income.

I don't agree with this perspective but also don't know enough about server infrastructure or video streaming to argue against it.