• zekiz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    PeerTube won’t take off unlike Lemmy did and still does. People won’t switch from YouTube to PeerTube because the creators they watch aren’t there. Also the YouTube Algorithm is what people make use YouTube in the first place.

    Reddit isn’t creator based and doesn’t necessarily need an Algorithm since the users choose what to see anyways. So the Lemmy experience isn’t actually that mich worse than the reddit experience

    • Temple Square@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Creators also need to make money. I doubt Peertube has ad revenue to split with them.

      In fairness to YouTube, creators do keep about half the money (in exchange for YouTube hosting the content).

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think that’s thaat much of a deal. Most youtubers also need additional revenue streams like patreon and mearch and sponsorships.

      • sixfold@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        Discoverability is something youtube’s alogrithm really gets right, and something lemmy, or the fediverse in general, just sucks at right now.

    • yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      YT algo is hot garbage, I always have to check the channels of the creators I follow manually. I donate through Patreon and I would be happy to bump up my donations to make it easier for them to move to PeerTube