Dtube – A decentralized video platform using STEEM and IPFS

Re:Dtube – A decentralized video platform using STEEM and IPFS by xyzzy_plugh on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @09:25AM (#16483133)

I think it's worse than that, there needs to be an incentive for businesses to own and support it for non-enthusiasts.

How could Apple or Google or Amazon or Facebook make money by promoting a distributed internet?

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Re:Dtube – A decentralized video platform using STEEM and IPFS by gregknicholson on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @02:14PM (#16485787)

> How could Apple or Google or Amazon or Facebook make money by promoting a distributed internet?

Perhaps unprofitability is a feature, not a bug.

Individuals can choose to seed content they care about (given an effective UI), which means the content will be available as long as enough people care about it. “Enough” does need to be a sufficiently small number.

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Re:Dtube – A decentralized video platform using STEEM and IPFS by prophesi on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @09:35AM (#16483221)

I disagree. I don't want a large company controlling most of the IPFS nodes.

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