I enjoy PeerTube for what it is. But we have to talk about how PeerTube is I would say the one open source app that is getting the least amount of new users

So wanted to bring up some points on how we can improve it in some ways:

It is too complex with not enough up to date guides and videos on how to set it up for most people
Need new open source frontend client mobile apps to make it simpler to sign up, sign in, & watch videos/channels on it
The website for sign up is not very user-friendly and like a semi-maze for people who are new

Anything else you would like to add or say about PeerTube in general?

It's a phenomenal project and backend will of course stay the same but it needs a better pipeline of people and creators to it

Also check out post by another person below mine about Keep Android Open

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[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I love Peertube, but I remember that finding an instance wasn’t so easy.

Still I wanted to try it, so I was ready to go through some difficulties, but most people would just give up.

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it was definitely more effort than any other Fediverse service. Lemmy, Pixelfed, Mastodon, and Misskey? Have an easy, immediately noticeable join or severs tab where you can search for pretty much any instance and by categories.

PeerTube? Doesn't have a Servers/Instances tab, only shows a quick 6 platforms on the main page, have to go to the "Browse Content" (Blank sepiasearch page) to then click the "Go Here" link to search instances. Other issues:

Only language filter is English. Which is weird considering Framasoft is French
Many of these promoted instances don't even allow sign-ups
If you're trying to upload videos now you have to look for instances that allow a lot of video uploads
In addition to that there's video quality, live streaming, transcription, etc to worry about

I signed up for an account, but I've barely used it due to lack of content I want to see on there, plus search isn't that great. Just far more hurdles than the other services.

[–] Slysilverat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

IMO asking the general public used to point & click simplicity is definitely a problem. Also I assume the lack of advertising is why creators don't use it much either. They like getting free sponsored goodies to advertise to their audience.