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The choice to maintain 80 projects and not grow beyond 10 employees is puzzling to me. Those two decisions seem antithetical to each other. 80 projects is too m

The choice to maintain 80 projects and not grow beyond 10 employees is puzzling to me. Those two decisions seem antithetical to each other. 80 projects is too many regardless

aftbit 6y ago
Wow only one developer working on PeerTube and not even full time. No way will that level of effort be able to challenge any of the incumbents.
- remram 6y ago
  How many people work on YouTube, Vimeo, ... the platforms themselves, as opposed to promotion, monetization algorithms, marketing, etc? PeerTube actually works really well, and as long as communities come together to help with support/promotion/... I don't see why it couldn't "challenge any of the incumbents" even with only one developer on staff.
  - TulliusCicero 6y ago
    At Youtube, there's gotta be hundreds of engineers.
    - ccn0p 6y ago
      hundreds? try thousands.
      - TulliusCicero 6y ago
        They excluded some types of engineers in their categorization.
- fallat 6y ago
  It isn't about challenging anything. It's about a libre alternative. Does the apple challenge the orange? They are both fruits!
  - anamexis 6y ago
    As a peer-to-peer service, its existence depends on uptake, and as a video service, uptake of PeerTube is a challenge to YouTube.
    - lupire 6y ago
      You can take up both.
- sschueller 6y ago
  You are welcome to help. I have very little time but managed to get a working android client running and published: https://github.com/sschueller/peertube-android https://github.com/sschueller/peertube-android
  - analognoise 6y ago
    Has this line of thinking ever actually convinced even one person? It's why FOSS can't make serious inroads in a lot of domains. Like 20 years ago I was convinced we'd all never be paying for Word, but here we are, 20 years later, still buying Word.
    - zakki 6y ago
      Maybe the one paying Word got eaten by a marketing team? There are free alternatives. It works for my needs though.
    - ClumsyPilot 6y ago
      Word does exactly what it says on the tin and doesnt steal your data. Facebook/google on the other hand...
      - ggvvfdde 6y ago
        Are you sure? What is the Microsoft upload center that gets installed with word? I can't figure out how to disable it.
    - ekianjo 6y ago
      > I was convinced we'd all never be paying for Word, but here we are, 20 years later, still buying Word. Inertia has long lasting effects.
    - lupire 6y ago
      We are buying Word?
    - devoutsalsa 6y ago
- rijoja 6y ago
  Maybe he is a 10x:er?
edhelas 6y ago
Welcome to the Free Software movement. I invite you to check how the GitHub page of some core contributors of some projects.
- mhh__ 6y ago
  I'm not particularly productive really, but seeing a few people I interact with pumping out open source PRs, and doing releases, all while (say) being the CTO of a company boggles the mind
- accurrent 6y ago
  Guilty as charged
wazoox 6y ago
They explicitly want to say small, and they plan to phase out many projects, in the hope that others will carry on.

The choice to maintain 80 projects and not grow beyond 10 employees is puzzling to me. Those two decisions seem antithetical to each other. 80 projects is too many regardless

aftbit 6y ago

Wow only one developer working on PeerTube and not even full time. No way will that level of effort be able to challenge any of the incumbents.

remram 6y ago
How many people work on YouTube, Vimeo, ... the platforms themselves, as opposed to promotion, monetization algorithms, marketing, etc? PeerTube actually works really well, and as long as communities come together to help with support/promotion/... I don't see why it couldn't "challenge any of the incumbents" even with only one developer on staff.
- TulliusCicero 6y ago
  At Youtube, there's gotta be hundreds of engineers.
  - ccn0p 6y ago
    hundreds? try thousands.
    - TulliusCicero 6y ago
      They excluded some types of engineers in their categorization.
fallat 6y ago
It isn't about challenging anything. It's about a libre alternative. Does the apple challenge the orange? They are both fruits!
- anamexis 6y ago
  As a peer-to-peer service, its existence depends on uptake, and as a video service, uptake of PeerTube is a challenge to YouTube.
  - lupire 6y ago
    You can take up both.
sschueller 6y ago
You are welcome to help. I have very little time but managed to get a working android client running and published: https://github.com/sschueller/peertube-android https://github.com/sschueller/peertube-android
- analognoise 6y ago
  Has this line of thinking ever actually convinced even one person? It's why FOSS can't make serious inroads in a lot of domains. Like 20 years ago I was convinced we'd all never be paying for Word, but here we are, 20 years later, still buying Word.
  - zakki 6y ago
    Maybe the one paying Word got eaten by a marketing team? There are free alternatives. It works for my needs though.
  - ClumsyPilot 6y ago
    Word does exactly what it says on the tin and doesnt steal your data. Facebook/google on the other hand...
    - ggvvfdde 6y ago
      Are you sure? What is the Microsoft upload center that gets installed with word? I can't figure out how to disable it.
  - ekianjo 6y ago
    > I was convinced we'd all never be paying for Word, but here we are, 20 years later, still buying Word. Inertia has long lasting effects.
  - lupire 6y ago
    We are buying Word?
  - devoutsalsa 6y ago
rijoja 6y ago
Maybe he is a 10x:er?

edhelas 6y ago

Welcome to the Free Software movement. I invite you to check how the GitHub page of some core contributors of some projects.

mhh__ 6y ago
I'm not particularly productive really, but seeing a few people I interact with pumping out open source PRs, and doing releases, all while (say) being the CTO of a company boggles the mind
accurrent 6y ago
Guilty as charged

wazoox 6y ago

They explicitly want to say small, and they plan to phase out many projects, in the hope that others will carry on.