• @UlrikHD@programming.dev
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      81 year ago

      It would be terrible if you want to be serious about it. There is a ton of great information that would be lost if it happened.

    • JackGreenEarth
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      61 year ago

      We’d need Odysee or PeerTube to be a serious competitor people could switch to first.

      • @couragethebravedog@lemmy.world
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        111 year ago

        No user hosted video platform can succeed unless the hoster gets massive amounts of donations. The storage costs alone would be astronomical, but the real kicker would be the power bill. Transcoding to numerous people at different qualities requires tons of power.

        • JackGreenEarth
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          -11 year ago

          Why does it need to be profitable? An open source solution developed by volunteers only needs to sustain itself.

    • Grimr0c
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      21 year ago

      The knowledge lost would be devastating. I hope they are simply forced to change their business model.