There are four functions here: - Discovery (as in search) - Monetization (as in ads) - Hosting (as in storage) - Playout (as in data distribution) PeerTube

There are four functions here: - Discovery (as in search) - Monetization (as in ads) - Hosting (as in storage) - Playout (as in data distribution) PeerTube only performs the fourth, and maybe the third. It's not a flooding distribution system like BitTorrent. It's just a way for a large number of people to play the same video without overloading a modest hosting server. Playout load is distributed amongst the watchers browsers. I put videos in PeerTube, tech demos of various rendering tests. Works fine. No ad insertion, which is why I use PeerTube. Peak view count is 2.3K.[1] Nobody is expected to discover them there. They're linked from various forums. Some are for a very tiny audience, such as "Second Life sim server EstablishAgentCommunication message bug", with 10 views, mostly from the devs who needed to see this. Technically it works fine, but it's not going to displace YouTube. Unless, say, Taylor Swift decided to stream her wedding on it to avoid ad insertion. [1] https://video.hardlimit.com/w/7usCE3v2RrWK6nuoSr4NHJ https://video.hardlimit.com/w/7usCE3v2RrWK6nuoSr4NHJ