Comment on What if we started uploading YT videos to PeerTube?
Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I think every creator should be contacted before doing duch a thing and I guess a lot would not agree since most of them wouldn’t make any money on Peertube except if people support them through something like Patreon.
SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Basically I agree but could this actually not be a problem? Users who watch them on YT will still continue to do so, and instead people who prefer to use FreeTube/NewPipe or alternatives will still continue not actively supporting creators on YT but instead spreading their videos elsewhere. Right now the prediction of PeerTube taking views away from YT is quite utopian for most people.
otter@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Generally it’s just better to ask, even if you were legally / ethically / morally in the clear.
Meanwhile if someone DOES want it, letting them know will give them the option to do it themselves. It makes less work for you, and they will feel invested. If they want it and they don’t want to upload it themselves, at the very least they’ll let their viewers know that peertube is an option.
As for the legal/moral side, I still feel like there’s a reason why you shouldn’t do this but I’m not aware of what that might be.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
The Youtube algorithm that pushes videos (and thus advertisement income) is very opague and there is a kind of mystic cargo cult by many creaters on Youtube trying to game it (but they usually end up being manipulated by Google instead). Suggestions to move outside of this cult is often met with a lot of hostility as they don’t want to endanger their imagined connection with the algorithmic gods.
Ulrich@feddit.org 21 hours ago
No it couldn’t not be a problem. That’s their decision to make, not yours or anyone else’s.