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Good luck. Peertube is working on livestreaming. Not exactly a drop replacement to twitch but once technology matures, people would have a federated alternative

Good luck. Peertube is working on livestreaming. Not exactly a drop replacement to twitch but once technology matures, people would have a federated alternative in their hands. Good luck with ads

viraptor 6y ago
And how are streamers paid by peertube? Peertube roadmaps mention live streaming but don't mention any monetization. Without that nobody serious about streaming will see this as an alternative. Maybe some hobbyists publishing their work for free anyway.
- mariusor 6y ago
  > And how are streamers paid by peertube? They aren't. But streamers will be free to host their own service dedicated fully to them, so they can monetize in whichever manner they want. Some of the big streamers on twitch have devs working for them on custom integrations of twitch with their own platforms for viewer retention. It's not unlikely that they could pay the same people to build those tools on top of peertube.
  - viraptor 6y ago
    Some of the features would have to be at the protocol level. Subscriptions are one thing that could be done outside, but ads bring revenue as well. You'd have to have reporting of ad views that doesn't get blocked by everyone by default.
    - mariusor 6y ago
      I don't think that ads will every be on the roadmap of peertube. I doubt that video ads are what content creators want for their personal platforms - they will have better (or, rather less intrusive) channels for monetization.
- 2Gkashmiri 6y ago
  peertube is a software. not a website where people can join and make money. you have to supply your own server infrastructure, bring your own members, use your own monetization, earn your own money.
- solarkraft 6y ago
  You'll lose pre-roll ads, but aren't streamers mostly financed by donations anyway? They can also still run their own ads in-stream without issues.
  - viraptor 6y ago
    This stat is skewed because you can't use ads until you have lots of subscribers / partner status. Also since twitch stopped preserving old videos, that number will be lower, but it doesn't have to be on peertube. But, again, in-stream ads can't get measured viewership and get stale for the usual twitch use ads (new hardware/software) so you need them out of band to perform well.

Good luck. Peertube is working on livestreaming. Not exactly a drop replacement to twitch but once technology matures, people would have a federated alternative in their hands. Good luck with ads

viraptor 6y ago

And how are streamers paid by peertube? Peertube roadmaps mention live streaming but don't mention any monetization. Without that nobody serious about streaming will see this as an alternative. Maybe some hobbyists publishing their work for free anyway.

mariusor 6y ago
> And how are streamers paid by peertube? They aren't. But streamers will be free to host their own service dedicated fully to them, so they can monetize in whichever manner they want. Some of the big streamers on twitch have devs working for them on custom integrations of twitch with their own platforms for viewer retention. It's not unlikely that they could pay the same people to build those tools on top of peertube.
- viraptor 6y ago
  Some of the features would have to be at the protocol level. Subscriptions are one thing that could be done outside, but ads bring revenue as well. You'd have to have reporting of ad views that doesn't get blocked by everyone by default.
  - mariusor 6y ago
    I don't think that ads will every be on the roadmap of peertube. I doubt that video ads are what content creators want for their personal platforms - they will have better (or, rather less intrusive) channels for monetization.
2Gkashmiri 6y ago
peertube is a software. not a website where people can join and make money. you have to supply your own server infrastructure, bring your own members, use your own monetization, earn your own money.
solarkraft 6y ago
You'll lose pre-roll ads, but aren't streamers mostly financed by donations anyway? They can also still run their own ads in-stream without issues.
- viraptor 6y ago
  This stat is skewed because you can't use ads until you have lots of subscribers / partner status. Also since twitch stopped preserving old videos, that number will be lower, but it doesn't have to be on peertube. But, again, in-stream ads can't get measured viewership and get stale for the usual twitch use ads (new hardware/software) so you need them out of band to perform well.