Ok, downloaded peertube (because to hell with Google and YouTube) looked around... Um, is there not too much to look at right now? Are the people I normally watch on YouTube unable to be seen on peertube? Don't get me wrong, all about decentralized everything but if the people I like aren't there I'm feeling a bit up a creek.

Or, more likely, am I missing something? Forgive me, please, I am rather new to this concept and how to work the federations and such.

[–] Rawdogthatexe@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not an alternate way to view Youtube, it's a totally separate service. You're not missing anything, if no one's using it to post content, then there's no content. Youtube is a tough one to compete with because the infrastructure needed to host that much data and distribute it is insane. Peertube is super niche and not many know about it, but I do wonder how fast scaling would become a problem if it suddenly got an influx of new users.

[–] Elrecoal19_0@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Apart from that, it has to compete against the content monopoly Youtube has on the video platform industry.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The app is not really that great yet. I suggest to check this page out for content creators on PeerTube: https://peertube.wtf/home and also this list: https://lemmy.wtf/post/15810205

If you are also looking for a PeerTube server to register on, I suggest you look here: https://lemmy.wtf/post/15816115

[–] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Are the people I normally watch on YouTube unable to be seen on peertube?

Basically this. There are some creators that either switched or publish on both platforms, mainly from the Linux sphere (and, unfortunately, also some crackpots and/or scammers who got kicked from other platforms), but overall, it doesn't have a lot of content, especially content that's on a "professional" level.