wow just wow while i can’t say i didn’t see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

  • abogical@lemmy.one
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    14
    ·
    1 year ago

    Partially correct. You can self host peertube instances. What differentiates it from YouTube is:

    • Instances can share their video lists with other instances via ActivityPub. Even to Mastodon and Lemmy.
    • PeerTube video player is peer to peer. You can download the video from the server directly or from another peer watching the same video. This may be helpful for livestreams.
    • jmondi
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      1 year ago

      Definitely did not realize this, that is really cool! Thanks for sharing.

    • abogical@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      Also its a separate okatform. Could be used to cache YT videos but that’s not its primary purpose.