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The elephant in the room is that videos take a long time to create. And thus hosting of the videos won’t easily be trusted to random server admins. I barely tr
by olah_1 5y ago
The elephant in the room is that videos take a long time to create. And thus hosting of the videos won’t easily be trusted to random server admins.
I barely trust pleroma/mastodon admins with my garbage little text posts. I wouldn’t want to put my hard work on a server with no guarantee of how long they’ll be there or if one of them will be deleted and maybe I won’t even realize it.
Yes, youtube sometimes deletes channels or videos. That isn’t perfect either. But somehow Peertube feels even worse because the entire fediverse is run by a bunch of “some guys” that are accountable to no one.
- shkkmo 5y agoIt seems to me that a federated system like PeerTube would give you more control over which admins you are beholden since you can choose where to publish. You could even setup your own host if you don't trust any of them Also, can't you post your videos to other platforms and/or keep your own backups? If the host deletes your video, can't you just republish it on a different one?
- robobro 5y agoif you can trust yourself, host your own. that's the point
- olah_1 5y agoThat limits the userbase to only people that are savvy enough to be a server admin, though. I've actually been discouraged from running my own server by people in the Matrix Chat world. Apparently there are risks if you're not knowledgable enough.