YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut down infosec YouTube

Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by lrem on Thursday July 04, 2019 @03:54AM (#20352501)

There is nothing to come up with. Serving video is a well understood process, both as a service and self-hosted. YouTube's popularity is based mostly on network effect and Google footing the bill for a top notch experience for your viewers. Few people will pay the Vimeo prices, or build something at multiple the cost, if they can get the whole package for free.

Disclaimer: I'm a Googler, so can't help you with estimating the cost. But a few years back the research community had some reasonable-sounding models. Plug in current hardware and you can get an idea.

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Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by iokanuon on Thursday July 04, 2019 @04:35AM (#20352727)

What about PeerTube? Seems like a good fit for the infosec community.

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Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by lrem on Thursday July 04, 2019 @04:09PM (#20357362)

That's entirely reasonable. My plan of record in for YouTube no longer footing the bill of disseminating videos of my children to extended family is similar (seeding them on bit torrent).

Edit: note that peer to peer doesn't exactly solve the economies. Instead of advertisers, you're asking your viewers to provide the resources. Depending on the audience, this will or will not work.

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