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Who will pay for the hosting? Even if a competitor is built with something like PeerTube they will need to monetize it with subscriptions and/or ads.
by supertrope 2y ago
Who will pay for the hosting? Even if a competitor is built with something like PeerTube they will need to monetize it with subscriptions and/or ads.
- mariusor 2y agoQuite a small number of people seems to get this: the value of PeerTube is not in providing a global alternative for the whole of YouTube, instead it allows an alternative for specific content creators that can control everything about how they monetize their content, and for which, me as a viewer, can make the proper arrangements if I want to support them.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoMaybe there should be an alternate public funded equivalent for these public squares like video hosting, social media, etc.
- manuelmoreale 2y agoOr maybe creators that want to run their passion project as businesses should do what other businesses to and pay for their expenses and that includes hosting and serving their videos.
- talldayo 2y agoWe can't even keep NPR running without people saying it's an evil empire built by demons to suppress traditional thought. If you think the Government could run, let alone find funding for a public-resource social media then you've got another thing coming.
- mbirth 2y agoMaybe it's not a bad thing to go back to a time where people that wanted to share something cool published it at their own expense. Using their "hobby money".