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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.

by aftbit 6y ago

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?

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.

by 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?