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PeerTube – Federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in the browser

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Re: PeerTube – Federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in the browser

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Post by Sir_Cmpwn »

deevolution wrote: post #16

awesome, except it doesn't look like there are any incentives to running a server. unless i missed something?

Like Mastodon et al, this doesn't need to be built on traditional incentives. The incentives are that you want to share cool videos with people. Any one server that gets overloaded with users encourages others to host another server and build a community on it, and the load (and the cost) naturally balances and is distributed across the whole network.

Re: PeerTube – Federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in the browser

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Post by eitland »

dranoel0226 wrote: post #19
eitland wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does this mean you can actually connect to the real ipfs network from a browser without connecting to a gateway like ipfs.io?

that, you cannot

Do you now for certain?

Because both the parent post and the repo seems to indicate otherwise and the only reason I ask is because that sounds a little to amazing.

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Post by Feniks »

littlestymaar wrote: post #7

This is really cool ! Framasoft is doing a great job with their project to «ungoogle the internet»[1]. I really wish Mozilla tried doing the same thing, with their much bigger manpower and communication impact. [1]: https://degooglisons-internet.org/liste?l=en

Un Google the internet? I hope so but almost every remotely commercial site out there uses Google services.

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Post by rakoo »

aaomidi wrote: post #18
progval wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

D.tube makes the browser download from a gateway (ipfs.io) using HTTP.

You can set it to connect to your own gateway.

Doesn't change the fact that your browser doesn't connect to the ipfs network

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Post by ttoinou »

Feniks wrote: post #25
littlestymaar wrote: post #7

This is really cool ! Framasoft is doing a great job with their project to «ungoogle the internet»[1]. I really wish Mozilla tried doing the same thing, with their much bigger manpower and communication impact. [1]: https://degooglisons-internet.org/liste?l=en

Un Google the internet? I hope so but almost every remotely commercial site out there uses Google services.

At least you can block connections to google stuff

Re: PeerTube – Federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in the browser

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Post by diggan »

dranoel0226 wrote: post #19
eitland wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does this mean you can actually connect to the real ipfs network from a browser without connecting to a gateway like ipfs.io?

that, you cannot

Yes, you can. Please try to make sure the information you write is correct. Quick look at the repository I linked above would have made this clear.

Re: PeerTube – Federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in the browser

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Post by diggan »

eitland wrote: post #23
dranoel0226 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

that, you cannot

Do you now for certain? Because both the parent post and the repo seems to indicate otherwise and the only reason I ask is because that sounds a little to amazing.

No, the person does not know it for certain. You're correct that it does connect to "the real ipfs network". And you're right that it is amazing!

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Post by littlestymaar »

Feniks wrote: post #25
littlestymaar wrote: post #7

This is really cool ! Framasoft is doing a great job with their project to «ungoogle the internet»[1]. I really wish Mozilla tried doing the same thing, with their much bigger manpower and communication impact. [1]: https://degooglisons-internet.org/liste?l=en

Un Google the internet? I hope so but almost every remotely commercial site out there uses Google services.

People use Google's services (and other privately owned, and «you are the product», ones) because it's the most convenient way they know about. Sometimes it's because it's the most convenient way (lack of credible competition, self-hosting isn't an option for many companies), and sometimes it's because the alternatives are less known (commercial products based on OpenStreetMap are way better than what google maps offer, but few people know about them).

An organization like Mozilla could make open-source-based and privacy-aware services for many Google products with ease if they wanted to. (I mean, Framasoft is doing it already and it's a really tiny French non-profit organization !)

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