I read many comments on how PeerTube isn't sustainable as a YouTube alternative and, while it's certainly true right now, are we sure it will be the same in the near future?

The platform is growing and the new mobile app is making great progress; I can certainly see some people investing in a major instance some day, accelerating the platform adoption.

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[–] Auli@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Yep not sustainable. Think of how much diak space YouTube is using. Just was reading this morning how peertube instances limit new users and that's ok. If everyone can't upload videos it we'll never replace YouTube.

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Disk space is quite cheap and I'm sure high quality vids could take a very small space if NPU processed and upscaled.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago

Hell, using consumer grade, free tools (handbrake) I can convert a DVD to mkv and reduce the file size upwards of 75%, and still be perfectly viewable on a current 65" TV.

I can only imagine the capabilities of Google/YouTube. It would be fascinating to see a high level diagram of how they handle a video.

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