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> It’s 2020 and YouTube, as well as the rest of big tech, is continuing to remove content they don’t agree with from their platforms. Bold of these folks to as
by zelly 6y ago
> It’s 2020 and YouTube, as well as the rest of big tech, is continuing to remove content they don’t agree with from their platforms.
Bold of these folks to assume their little self-hosted hard disk will outlive YouTube. When an individual is in charge of keeping some resource online, it's a matter of when it disappears not if. I don't care how controversial your content is, it's more likely to be accessible by me in 10 years if you put it on YouTube versus your torrent or personal website.
- wolco 6y agoPiratebay did a good job of self-replicating itself and outlives many others.
- callesgg 6y agoThe infohashes are there but there are No seeders on the torrents.
- efjsejkrtwejktw 6y agoWorks fine for me? There are certainly some seedless torrents still indexed, but TPB has a lot of good torrents, and is my goto for Jeopardy (among other things).
- zelly 6y agoDownloading content like the most recent Jeopardy is where torrents shine. Also recent blockbuster movies and AAA games. Torrents can be faster than a CDN in these cases, because they are popular content. Try to download Jeopardy from Feb 29, 2014, good luck if anyone's seeding that. But I'm sure NBC's paid streaming service has that episode if you want it.
- zelly 6y agoYes, the website and its database are resilient. Torrents are less likely to be struck down by a singular authority like YouTube but on the other hand it suffers from the same problem as personal websites. Almost every torrent posted to tpb over the years, if you tried to download now, would have zero seeders. It's the same thing with IPFS. None of these P2P solutions will ever be like S3.
- LockAndLol 6y agoI have a feeling that once IPFS and torrents become more popular on anonymous networks like I2P, the copyright mafia will have a real problem trying to shut that down. Right now the speeds are pretty bad (20 KB/s average 100KB/s for "fast" torrents), but with more users, that can drastically change. If 400KB/s becomes the average, watching 720p on a peertube instance on I2P will be possible without lag. At 800KB/s 1080p becomes possible without lag. https://stream.twitch.tv/encoding/ https://stream.twitch.tv/encoding/
- henriquez 6y agoAuthor is not making a statement regarding longevity of storage. It sounds like the issue is more around Google's behaviors emphasizing profitability above all else and removal of content that doesn't fit neatly into their commercial narratives. Google may have the technically superior implementation but they're straight up amoral. To some people that may be a worse problem than how long their personal hard drive will last.
- bob1029 6y agoWhat about those who form non-profit corporations for the express purpose of preserving digital content beyond generational boundaries?
- zelly 6y agoHow does the non-profit select content to preserve? Can I just upload anything I want, 10 hour dashcams, and so long as it's not illegal it stays up? What is the criteria for exclusion and how is it better than YouTube's?
- X6S1x6Okd1st 6y agoYou're talking about durability, but what about agency?