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[–] 74 points 1 year ago (25 children)

It says (updated) but what is the update?

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  • [–] 79 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    YouTube restored the video, but not until Jeff had made a huge stink about it (and rightfully so, those yt fuckers can eat a dick).

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, and it was a one off restore, so others who are mentioning self hosting will still be taken down as long as that policy remains.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

    I hate youtube so much. When are they moving all to freetube peertube or something? How long do we all accept Google youtube?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    They're the 800lb gorilla, and no other platform can create "youtuber" income, so it's a real problem for people like Jeff Geerling to move from yt, even if they know it's bad, because it's a major part or all of their income.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    When are they moving all to freetube or something?

    Unless I'm missing something Freetube is a client. So it wouldn't be Jeff moving to freetube it would be you using freetube to watch his content on YT.

    I'm guessing you meant peertube instead of freetube and your answer there is "When they can get paid." Making content takes time and costs money and YT pays creators like Jeff for doing it.

    I dislike YT alot but there's financial decisions at play here that can't really be argued with.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Have there been any announcements for plans for monetization on PeerTube? Any idea what that would look like for creators?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    It's not one or the other though. Peertube with patreon can exist alongside YouTube

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

    Patreon is just one source of income. Ad revenue is another. Its good to have more than one source if you wanna make a living with it.

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    I guess I missed your point lol. Is it possible to paywall a peertube video behind Patron?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    It's possible to post unlisted videos that are only visible to folk with the URL.

    Its good for folk who want to give their subscribers early access

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    Wait, does it? I thought they have better integration with Patreon to determine if you have access to the video. I guess I never checked if I can still open YouTube videos of channels I'm no longer subscribed to on Patreon.

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  • [–] 147 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Update (one day later):

    YouTube has just reinstated the video, after what I presume is a human review process. I wish it didn't take making noise on socials to get past the 'AI deny' process :(

    Go forth, and self-host all the things! I'll post further updates in this issue in my YouTube project.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Go forth, and self-host all the things!

    He means self-hosting as in hosting his own PeerTube instance? Right??? 🙏

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    if you read further, he writes about peertube too

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, he says he's dependent on the ad revenue. However, no one is asking for him to drop YouTube. Also posting on PeerTube will simply have him reach more viewers. It won't move viewers away from YouTube.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    People don't pay. They say they would but they don't. So we are stuck with YouTube and ads. I know people complaint about them but what is the alternative. People have to eat.

    And yes I block ads I don't care but I understand why they are needed. And for some reason most don't block them.

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