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
The main issue is that there are not enough users and not enough creators. Also, instance space is often limited.
I sometimes take part in a German ttrpg streaming group and I thought about convincing them to also upload to peertube but most instances that are focused on that topic simply don’t interested in hosting 300+ new videos that are each 3h+.
Apart from that platforms like twitch “guarantee” a small revenue stream and YouTube a large audience. PeerTube is harder to sell both in regards of outreach and revenue. However, I think if you are producing for the English market PeerTube can be very interesting revenue wise as some PeerTube creators report that they get more donations per viewer than on other platforms.
That is true and fully agree would be good for more of them to use Liberapay as well. I’ll add on though the pipeline to get users and creators in is difficult. Another commenter mentioned how their experience was and it is mostly similar to mine. I’m used to federation more so than others but the process makes it harder to get people in in the first place