cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/peertube@piefed.blahaj.zone/p/999813/what-s-stopping-you-from-using-peertube

Or ‘What is PeerTube lacking that you simply cannot do without?’

I believe it’s a safe assumption that fediverse users want to move away from the monopolies and closed gardens so often associated with video streaming, and yet it’s not a task that’s ever been made easy. Maybe an ounce of inspiration is the cue we need, and so my question to you is; What’s Stopping you from using PeerTube?

  • fractal618@lemmy.world
    2·
    11 days ago

    I’ve applied for an account on multiple peer tube instances, but no invites yet. I would rather create videos on PeerTube instead of YouTube. I’m still new to fediverse so maybe I’m missing something…

    • rosahaj@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      Video hosting is very expensive, and so often Peertube instances are extremely picky about allowing signups, it’s an unfortunate problem.

  • VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 month ago

    As a user it lacks high-quality content and/or discoverability. As a content creator it lacks free storage, monetization and viewers.

    When I found https://search.peertube.watch/hot.html I thought this might be a game changer, but sadly it didn’t do much for me as my interests are elsewhere (YouTube subs: Taskmaster and other game shows, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and other video games, Boxing/MMA/Fitness, TTRPGs)

  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    1 month ago

    It has enough Linux content for me.

    But it doesn’t have basketball related content.

    I don’t think it has games and car reviews too…

    Otherwise, it works really well and I’m happy to support the creators putting their videos on it.

  • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    Confession time: I only use it to upload videos so I can then post them on Lemmy.

  • cRazi_man@europe.pub
    1·
    1 month ago

    I’ve just activated PeerTube in my GrayJay app. I’ll give it a shot. So far it has just brought up Linux and coding videos as far as I can see. Not promising to be honest.

  • dragnucs@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 month ago

    Personally I find it lacking content. If it had more content I would use it exclusively. I already dropped twitter when gnu social and then dropped reffit when Lemmy started.

    • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 month ago

      Exactly.

      Lemmy is as good if not better than Reddit because it has just enough content…

      Peertube clearly need to find a way to attract creators.

      Maybe by paywalling some videos as I’d be happy to pay a reasonnable price to avoid YouTube.