I enjoy PeerTube for what it is. But we have to talk about how PeerTube is I would say the one open source app that is getting the least amount of new users
So wanted to bring up some points on how we can improve it in some ways:
- It is too complex with not enough up to date guides and videos on how to set it up for most people
- Need new open source frontend client mobile apps to make it simpler to sign up, sign in, & watch videos/channels on it
- The website for sign up is not very user-friendly and like a semi-maze for people who are new
Anything else you would like to add or say about PeerTube in general?
It’s a phenomenal project and backend will of course stay the same but it needs a better pipeline of people and creators to it
Also check out post by another person below mine about Keep Android Open
I am interested in those people who are not trying to monitize everything. So that is a good filter for me.
On the other hand, there is no reason why they can’t curate their own sponsorship, or even run their own ads. Seems like there is more money in that than trying to break big on you tube.
Yes, there are also creators which public their work without any financial interests, but the most which create contents with effort and quality, like cientific documentals, music and other artistic content have costs producing and publishing it. In Odysee they have an fair system to gain money, like also in Bandcamp, without nagging and annoying the user for it, like in YT. In PeerTube to do it the creators can only use third party services for it (Patreon or others), otherwise they can do only the same as YT, blocking the access to their instance as paid service.
That is pretty much zero no days though. The only real cost is time.
I mean yes, they will need a computer. They might need lighting if they are on camera, but from then on, zilch. You could do it with a cell phone for video.
I have a kid that published their music with videos, and there is no cost at all, using all the free tools available.