I believe the biggest problem for PeerTube is copyright. YouTube thrives on user-generated content. I, for example, am involved in the live music scene (I go to concerts). It’s common practice for recordings of concerts to be uploaded to YouTube. This is usually unproblematic until an artist objects to a particular video and demands its removal. Generally, YouTube has agreements with rights holders, so uploading recordings is usually not an issue.
This is different on PeerTube. Here, each instance is liable for its own content. If a user uploads copyrighted material, this can lead to problems for the instance operator or the user. Currently, PeerTube is still small enough that such content is possible. But if PeerTube were to become a real alternative to YouTube, it would become a problem!
Of course, content is also uploaded to YouTube that can cause problems for YouTube. But YouTube has enough lawyers and money to handle that. PeerTube operators, however, do not!
Therefore, in my opinion, the biggest problem is that PeerTube can’t become a major YouTube alternative because users can’t easily upload the same content as on YouTube.
What do you think?
I think it’s several things.
I think (lack of) ease of self hosting’s the biggest impediment.
I think there are easier ways around the problem you describe. (Though not all universally appealing, e.g. “A.I.”).
The interface may also be insufficiently appealing/usable (especially across federation) may also be a factor.
For me the biggest issue is how difficult and confusing it is to follow creators. Were definitely missing an easy subscribe or follow button.
Well, I can see how this may be a big issue for you, but it is not the biggest problem peer tube has…
The lack of content and pretty bad discoverability is in my opinion the main reasons.
Even when you know there is content on peer tube,that you want to see, it can be hard to find depending on what instance you have signed up to
Sure, discoverability is another reason why PeerTube isn’t progressing. But I was more concerned with why it might not be successful even then. And the lack of content is indirectly related to my argument.
