wow just wow while i can’t say i didn’t see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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    Oddysee is built on LBRY, which I believe is the closest thing. I think there’s something else called PeerTube, but I’m not sure what it is exactly (haven’t looked into it).

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      I might be too pedantic, but Odysee/LBRY is a blockchain-based decentralized network. But its not federated and it doesn’t use activitypub like Lemmy and mastodon. I would only call Peertube to be part of the fediverse.

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        Not too pedantic at all; those are indeed two distinct ways of creating similar applications. In my opinion, federated alternatives are more appealing than those based on blockchain technologies. Federated networks are proving to provide a more palatable experience through hybrid decentralized centralization.

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      I’m pretty sure peertube is just a selfhosted version of YouTube that caches YT videos locally. Not an actual separate platform to upload videos to. I could be mistaken.

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        Partially correct. You can self host peertube instances. What differentiates it from YouTube is:

        • Instances can share their video lists with other instances via ActivityPub. Even to Mastodon and Lemmy.
        • PeerTube video player is peer to peer. You can download the video from the server directly or from another peer watching the same video. This may be helpful for livestreams.
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        Its a separate platform. It could be used to cache YT videos but that’s not its primary purpose.