To be fair, it already exists - PeerTube is a thing. The real reason people stay on YouTube is the network effect[1] - everyone else is there, so why would you leave? They’re not coming with you, they’re not giving you money on the new platform, they can just stay on YouTube and keep life simple by not worrying about a bunch of choices. Epic has spent billions losing money trying to compete with the network effect that Steam benefits off, so it’s clear how much money and risk it takes… only for nothing to really change. It’s not something that we can expect creators to drive without collective effort, and that kind of is happening with Nebula (which is part owned by the creators who join it) - we can only hope they keep that momentum going so they begin to form a real threat to YouTube’s dominance.
Making a video is easy. Making a good video is hard. Setting up a server and configuring Peertube is a level above that. Once you’ve done it you’ve successfully reduced your total addressable market from billions to maybe a few thousand.
I’m not denying there is no netwerk effect regarding steam, but shit - have you seen the Epic Games launcher? Functions are minimal and buggy and it’s never a great experience. For example: the button to my friends list has not been working for the past year and it’s still not fixed.
I know it’s hard to compete against steam, but I really get the feeling they’re not particularly trying very hard…
And PeerTube has effectively no competitive monetization model. If there was a hope of eventually making more money there, I’m sure people would start paying attention, but there isn’t.
Overwhelming when people can get something for free or for cheap, they do.
To be fair, it already exists - PeerTube is a thing. The real reason people stay on YouTube is the network effect[1] - everyone else is there, so why would you leave? They’re not coming with you, they’re not giving you money on the new platform, they can just stay on YouTube and keep life simple by not worrying about a bunch of choices. Epic has spent billions losing money trying to compete with the network effect that Steam benefits off, so it’s clear how much money and risk it takes… only for nothing to really change. It’s not something that we can expect creators to drive without collective effort, and that kind of is happening with Nebula (which is part owned by the creators who join it) - we can only hope they keep that momentum going so they begin to form a real threat to YouTube’s dominance.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect
Making a video is easy. Making a good video is hard. Setting up a server and configuring Peertube is a level above that. Once you’ve done it you’ve successfully reduced your total addressable market from billions to maybe a few thousand.
I’ve read you can sync accounts and auto-publish your YT uploads to Peertube?
Sounds like the inital setup of choosing an instance and making an account is the most effort you’re going to go through
I’m not denying there is no netwerk effect regarding steam, but shit - have you seen the Epic Games launcher? Functions are minimal and buggy and it’s never a great experience. For example: the button to my friends list has not been working for the past year and it’s still not fixed.
I know it’s hard to compete against steam, but I really get the feeling they’re not particularly trying very hard…
Yeah, the epic launcher is terribad in just about every respect. It’s so offputting I barely play any of the games on there.
And PeerTube has effectively no competitive monetization model. If there was a hope of eventually making more money there, I’m sure people would start paying attention, but there isn’t.
Overwhelming when people can get something for free or for cheap, they do.