It may sound shallow, but this won't take off until they get the graphic design right - everything about this looks engineering and technical and not consumer.
PeerTube 5.1
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Re: PeerTube 5.1
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there a solution to being liable for distributing illegal/immoral content as a peer on PeerTube? That's what's keeping me away.
Wouldn’t you only distribute illegal/immoral content if you were watching it? You only distribute things you yourself are streaming.
I like to watch, I just dont want the liability of providing it to other people.
Re: PeerTube 5.1
#23Is this going to have the problem that if you watch the latest kpop video it'll stream immediately but if you watch an obscure but fascinating wood turning video by a cool old dude with ten subscribers it'll take hours to buffer?
Because if so it's not a viable alternative to YouTube.
Re: PeerTube 5.1
#24PeerTube is a decentralized and federated alternative to YouTube. The goal of PeerTube is not to replace YouTube but to offer a viable alternative using the strength of P2P and WebTorrent protocols. Being built on ActivityPub means PeerTube is able to be part of a bigger social network, the Fediverse (the Federated Universe). On the other hand, P2P technologies help PeerTube to solve the issue of money, inbound with…
Is there a solution to being liable for distributing illegal/immoral content as a peer on PeerTube? That's what's keeping me away.
i got hit hard by this, even w a low account quota a group hit my instance hard from many CIDRs and i was left w a huge bill. this was pretty much worst case scenario automated accounts uploding rips.
and i just looked and peertubes admin tools still leave a lot to be desired
Re: PeerTube 5.1
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there a solution to being liable for distributing illegal/immoral content as a peer on PeerTube? That's what's keeping me away.
> Is there a solution to being liable for distributing illegal/immoral content as a peer on PeerTube? I believe you misunderstand the technology. There are two components of Peertube. The server you either self-host or you use someone else's. If you are hosting a server and you host other people's content, you register for liability protection under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and section 512 of the…
> I believe you misunderstand the technology.
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> There are two components of Peertube.
No, the people who run Peertube misunderstand how to communicate. This comes up every time Peertube is discussed. People think Peertube is a replacement for YouTube and that they can upload their videos to peertube.com or something similar. Then they learn, that, no, it’s just the software to let you run your own YouTube-like site. Then they have questions like the one above and get replies telling them they don’t understand. Maybe Peertube should just find a better way to communicate what they offer?
Re: PeerTube 5.1
#26It may sound shallow, but this won't take off until they get the graphic design right - everything about this looks engineering and technical and not consumer.
Not to mention that the only example screenshot in this announcement is of a (half?) naked person. Not the best way to advertise that it’s ready to replace mainstream video hosting.
I can’t tell if this is obliviousness on the part of the author, or if it’s _intended_ to telegraph ‘you can host and find things that wouldn’t be allowed on YouTube.
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#27It may sound shallow, but this won't take off until they get the graphic design right - everything about this looks engineering and technical and not consumer.
The UI is customizable, and I think the idea is that you would do so for any site that cared about wowing visitors rather than just serving video.
Re: PeerTube 5.1
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If you want to be safe from liability, don't watch illegal/immoral content. You will be fine. This is naive. I don't necessarily know that the content is illegal until I've started playing it. By that point I may have already shared it. Same issue with any p2p, I guess. You could start downloading a file with a harmless name and later discover it was a fake name.
In either case, I don't see any intent and therefore not any crime. I don't think that's naive, considering that after reporting adult sites with obvious CP, the sites are still up after several years.
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Re: PeerTube 5.1
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there a solution to being liable for distributing illegal/immoral content as a peer on PeerTube? That's what's keeping me away.
i got hit hard by this, even w a low account quota a group hit my instance hard from many CIDRs and i was left w a huge bill. this was pretty much worst case scenario automated accounts uploding rips. and i just looked and peertubes admin tools still leave a lot to be desired
Why are you overspending on SaaS hosting when Peertube can be run comfortably on a VPS due to P2P sharing the load?
Re: PeerTube 5.1
#30It may sound shallow, but this won't take off until they get the graphic design right - everything about this looks engineering and technical and not consumer.
I agree, and I would add that that frankly I don't think it will take off at all until the UX for syndicating between YouTube and PeerTube were also buttery smooth. Even then, there need to be incentives for creators in addition to disintermediation (e.g. running ads on videos without having to negotiate your own deals). Then again, maybe "taking off" means "techies casually enjoy it" rather than "could become a serious threat to YouTube".