You know that PeerTube has a build-in video import tool ? It can import Youtube / Dailymotion / Vimeo channels or playlists. docs.joinpeertube.org/use/channel-sync I think that downloading YouTube videos is technically illegal unless you have been the uploader of the videos. But with PeerTube you can create private channels which you could share with friends or maybe even paid subscribers I guess.
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radiant_bloom@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I just want more things on Peertube.
lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Krafting@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Oh I didn’t know that! Do you know any open instance that has this feature enabled ?
lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
I’d guess no open instance would enable this. I guess you could ask the admin of friendly instances, or self-hosted or ask friends to self-host. Self-hosting a PeerTube server is not that difficult and “Big Storage” on-line is not that expensive anymore.
Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I agree, peer tube’s biggest issues so far besides the storage or the fact that there are almost no peer tube servers which offer user accounts (which isn’t needed explicitly to watch videos but makes the experience much better), and also the fact that there aren’t really any good apps to use it with that aren’t outdated or abandoned.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 months ago
I really want to love peertube and use it but the transition is hard. I feel bad for “wasting” server space and compute and when I view the video on peertube I’m making my favorite creators gain less traction on YouTube which directly affects their income and growth.
Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Some of them can be supported through Patreon and they’re getting way more money than through YouTube.
But it’s through that it lacks content and it’s also difficult to find content on peertube.
lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
PeerTube has a search engine : sepiasearch.org Does that not work well ?
Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 months ago
It needs a recommendation algorithm. Search is simply not enough to find videos you may like.
Search would be enough if it had the content library of YouTube.
Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I still have to really try it, but last time I typed « PlayStation » and there was almost no result…maybe it’s just the lack of content though…
radiant_bloom@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I would give so much money to Patreons if I wasn’t broke myself 😅
Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Give what you can and if you can’t it’s also okay.
I’m only giving 1$ a month to the Linux Experiment, but, according to him, that’s way more than what he would get from me watching his videos on YouTube.
I’m also donating 100$ a year to many open source projects, but I might have to give up because of financial troubles too…
radiant_bloom@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Honestly, I’m murdering the productivity of every channel I watch anyways with uBlock origin and sponsorBlock, so I don’t think it’d be much worse
Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 months ago
That’s not as bad because the amount of money they get for 1 view is less than a cent and the sponsor still pays. But if youtube recommends me a video from a creator I like who has only 5k subs and I don’t watch it because I saw it on peertube youtube might think the video is bad because the channels audience isn’t watching it.
mike_wooskey@lemmy.d.thewooskeys.com 8 months ago
They could choose a different business model to get revenue from their videos that doesn’t rely on google or the current model where personal privacy is the commodity. It could also be a difficult transition. Is it worth it to them? To you?
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 8 months ago
Shame that all those business models require US centric payment processors to actually get paid.
I’m not in the US and my choices for actually getting money into my bank account are PayPal or Stripe, neither of which have policies that permit the distribution of electronic data or alternatively donations without being a registered charity.
Neither has dispute resolution procedures that go beyond “you broke the rules and we’re keeping your money”, and “sorry, that was a fraudulent card and we’re taking the money back, plus a fee, and the fraudster keeps the goods”, and finally “our word is final and we’re now closing your account without disclosing why”.
So, yeah, good luck with that.
Source: I’ve spent months looking for alternatives and they just don’t exist.