I really want to see Peertube flourish but I'm just not sure it's going to work out. Video streaming platforms are a much different beast than the micro blogs of Mastodon or forums of Lemmy. But, this is a good step in that direction so good luck to them.
this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2023
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From the submission:
Not a rival, just an alternative
The realization that led us to develop PeerTube is that no one can rival YouTube or Twitch. You would need Google’s money, Amazon servers’ farms... Above all, you would need the greed to exploit millions of creators and videomakers, groom them into formatting their content to your needs, and feed them the crumbs of the wealth you gain by farming their audience into data livestock.
Monopolistic centralized video platforms can only be sustained by surveillance capitalism.
Even though we cannot pinpoint the exact budget Framasoft spent on PeerTube since 2017, our conservative estimate would be around 500 000 €
With these two perspectives it seems to be doing well, even if it can't / won't entirely displace the major players.
I was fairly skeptical initially, but as I've seen it interoperate with Lemmy/Mastodon my whole perspective has changed. The issue of cost is maybe still a big one (I think it depends on how the instance landscape shakes out) but I am no longer worried about the issue of discovery.
The blog post is like the perfect analogy of my user experience. The title promises a mobile app, I load the page, scan for a Play Store link and leave frustrated. I guess I'll come back and actually read the thing later.
I read it, they basically say that although mobile apps exist, such as TubeLab, they plan to create an official app. It doesn't exist yet.
It's more of an announcement about allocating the resources for a mobile app (in the context of what their resource allocation looks like for the next year).
It's going to be awesome when we get an official PeerTube app for Android and iOS!
You already can use PeeeTube with the NewPipe Android app.