All we need is for a good alternative to become more viable
This is where the biggest challenge lies. Doing what YouTube does is not easy. I don’t think anyone could do it all. So it would have to be picking a choosing. Can anyone upload hours/days/years worth of video content? Are the people who put up those videos able to get paid without having to create their own relationships with advertisers or asking for viewer donations? How are copyright violations handled?
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Peertube is a federated system that already handles video.
Moderation is handled by instances with more personal mods.
Bandwidth is handled via multiple instances & p2p protocols so viewers help distribute the load.
I think you’re overstating how difficult youtube’s job is. A lot of that work is problems youtube creates for thsmselves by trying to squeeze their platform for more money. A federated platform doesn’t have that issue.
candybrie@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes, things get easier when you take paying creators out of the mix.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Youtube pays creators basically nothing.
candybrie@lemmy.world 9 months ago
$10-$30/1,000 views doesn’t sound like much. Except the people who make a career out of YouTube are regularly producing 100k+ view videos. It adds up. It’s one of the things you can pick and choose to leave out of a competitor. But it is a major reason why people put videos on YouTube.
Cybersteel@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Why do they even do that. Instagram, tiktok don’t share their ad revenue with their content creators.
candybrie@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Not sure. But it is one of the cornerstones of YouTube. Also tiktok does pay creators.