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Goodbye YouTube. Hello…?
PeerTube. Except nobody's going to use it until everybody uses it.
Kind of bootstrap paradox
It's called network effect
I just went and looked to see if peertube is remotely viable.. technically seems working. I found an app on f-droid, got on a bigger instance (1k users seems about the biggest). Videos load and play. There isn't much content at all. A real shame. So yeah we don't have an option
Other than using Patreon or something on the side, I don't see how anyone is going to make money off of creating Peertube content, either. Becoming a millionaire Youtube star à la Mr. Beast or Linus or whoever the fuck is obviously every aspiring videographer's goal on there, whether it actually happens or not, and that inherent commercialization draws creators to the platform regardless of whether or not we think it's for good or for ill.
Peertube, if it ever takes off, will probably be like early Youtube in that the people posting to it will be enthusiasts who want to, not personalities doing it in the hopes of getting rich. That might be a good thing, depending on how you look at it, but don't ever expect the kinds of ultra-produced, professional content we see on Youtube these days coming from people who can afford to hire camera teams, video editors, sound people, scriptwriters, on-location shoots, etc., etc.
I upload my videos there. Started off because professor wanted us to record ourselves then I just uploaded whatever. It's not much but it's honest work.
PeerTube doesn't have the allure given by the chance of getting paid for what you upload
you can still get paid but you'll need to make your own revenue stream.
...PeerTube!