megrania

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I feel like people mistake YouTube for a video hosting solution.

But that's not the point.

  • YouTube a huge archive of content that accumulated over the past 17 years.
  • YouTube is a content suggestion machine. Discoverability is a key aspect.
  • YouTube sets an incentive by allowing people to monetize their content.
  • ...

So, if the only thing you're looking for is a video hosting solution, then, yes, PeerTube might be an alternative. In the same way uploading videos to your own webspace would be, and Vimeo also still exists.

But for all the other stuff, YT is, unfortunately, unmatched, and probably will be for a while ...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmm I get your point, but on the other hand, I suppose nowadays many people are just used to look for a niche community ... and finding it. So it's not a huge surprise if the first reaction is disappointment when you don't find anything like it or just an empty community.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Well, but that basically means I'd have to rely on different platforms if I want to post and discuss, say, niche music that'd just be buried immediately in the usual "popular" music communities (that often have a slightly rockist slant).

Even on reddit, the ambient music or IDM communities are fairly small.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As some people have pointed out, it protects the liver, but from personal experience, I can't confirm the "not getting drunk" part ... so I'd be really cautious about blanket statements as the one in the title of this post.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Yes, and not just that ... like, making sure to keep the cursor away from the images all the time because hovering over an image immediately plays some trailer including audio.

Generally, playing media elements without explicit triggers by the user is annoying, but this is the worst.

Like, who thought this was a good idea?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hmm good point!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's not mutually exclusive with the author's argument, though.

if a computer vendor offers multiple distributions to choose from, the problem of choice remains.

And if the vendor only offers one option, which one should it be? And how can a user verify that it's a "good" option?