PeerTube v5: the result of 5 years’ handcrafting

Post by ealhad » Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 2:04 PM UTC

AstixAndBelix wrote: post #16

PeerTube is basically developed by a single guy and has solved the infrastructure problem that many organizations have when wanting to host videos. Any organization can now host VoDs and live events on their own server(s) without being bled to death by the hosting provider since the badwidth will be shared among the concurrent viewers. This is such an underappreciated piece of technology that I hope many intitutions…

Post by foobarbecue » Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 2:07 PM UTC

mschuster91 wrote: post #29

ivoras wrote: post #22

This actually makes me sad :( Hear me out: the Internet was supposed to be about peer-to-peer connected computers, and the privileged roles ISPs and later "cloud" providers assumed changed that for the worse. It was SUPPOSED to enable me, myself, hosting my videos, on my computer(s) and making them available to whomever I want to, including everyone. This is how early protocols were designed. Everyone was supposed to…

> Hear me out: the Internet was supposed to be about peer-to-peer connected computers, and the privileged roles ISPs and later "cloud" providers assumed changed that for the worse. The main problem aren't privileged actors like ISPs (although shit like asymmetric DSL or CGNAT definitely prevents people from self-hosting)... it is abuse and the complete unwillingness of almost everybody from private actors over govern…

Post by foobarbecue » Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 2:15 PM UTC

iandanforth wrote: post #23

AstixAndBelix wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an update announcement on the company's blog. It's not the project's landing page.

Neither the homepage of the company, the linked page to get the update, nor the top level https://joinpeertube.org/ contain any video.

Post by ealhad » Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 2:25 PM UTC

mort96 wrote: post #40

rakoo wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The goal of Peertube and Framasoft, the org behind it, is not product and market building. Product and Market building is exactly what led us to the default video repository being run by a for-profit company with only its own interest at heart, arbitrary censoring based on american feelings for the entire planet, arbitrary demonetizing videos/channels but still getting the revenue stream, mining every bit of data fro…

You're proving the point. You see no difference in presenting a product well and "selling junk". The Peertube website's job is to tempt people to try it out. Getting people to use Peertube is the only way Peertube can change anything about the situation where the default video repository is being run by a for-profit company with only its own interest at heart. That requires what iandanforth refers to as "product and…

Post by gabereiser » Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 2:43 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #46

ivoras wrote: post #22

This actually makes me sad :( Hear me out: the Internet was supposed to be about peer-to-peer connected computers, and the privileged roles ISPs and later "cloud" providers assumed changed that for the worse. It was SUPPOSED to enable me, myself, hosting my videos, on my computer(s) and making them available to whomever I want to, including everyone. This is how early protocols were designed. Everyone was supposed to…

Hosting large files from your house is a good way to have a saturated upstream all the time. P2P protocols like gnutella and later bittorrent are a way to distribute files without putting all the load on one host. Not to mention all the liability for pirated content.