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Now add DHT so clients can download videos from each other as a torrent and you solved global video distribution.

• rwmj 1y ago
  That's basically PeerTube?
  • WithinReason 1y ago
    PeerTube doesn't have all of youtube's videos on it
    • rwmj 1y ago
      Isn't that PeerTube that's going to be DMCA'd out of existence by Google?
      • WithinReason 1y ago
        Why? How is it different from yt-dlp from a DMCA standpoint? You're downloading a video in both cases, with this you're not using YouTube’s server bandwidth so it doesn't cost them money.
        • rwmj 1y ago
          Because users would also be uploading, as PeerTube works somewhat like Bittorrent.
          • WithinReason 1y ago
            I never mentioned PeerTube
            • rwmj 1y ago
              Whether or not it's actual PeerTube, you're describing something that would have to work like PeerTube, since you can't do peer to peer video sharing without some people uploading, and so inevitably it's going to be DMCA'd out of existence as soon as Google find it. (Note to self: Never wrestle with a pig ...)
              • WithinReason 1y ago
                You're not downloading anything you couldn't already download from YouTube with yt-dlp