Well here we are sharing textual communication on fedi. It’s only a slight stretch. Like maybe I will share space by “liking” a video. Or maybe you have to explicitly click a “serve” or “seed” button. It’s not pie in the sky and it would eliminate all ads and other shit videos…you like a video ? Ok share it or download it if you want.
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Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks agoGood luck getting a lot of people with a absolute shit ton of spare bandwidth
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Well here we are sharing textual communication on fedi.
Text takes less storage space then videos.
bamboo@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Just to add, image hosting for lemmy servers is also an issue already. Afaik they aren’t federated because even the occasional image will significantly increase the amount of storage required on instances.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Okay 👍
Wiz@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
There are some reasonably priced and free PeerTube servers for hosting content.
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Peertube is an attempt at solving this.
You make content you’ve watched available to others wanting to watch it.
The basic idea being that everyone provides a similar amount of upstream bandwidth as the amount they consume.
Ofc content creators and some servers will provide a lot more to cover any shortfall.
tal@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Two issues:
Most people have asymmetric connections, can download faster than upload.
It’s cheaper to provide bandwidth to a datacenter connected to the backbone than it is on an arbitrary device at someone’s house.
Like, from a purely-financial standpoint, if one wants to pay for access with bandwidth and storage, it’d make more sense to have a structure where people somehow contribute to running PeerTube instances in datacenters, as you get more bang for your buck.