Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video]
by zelphirkalt on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:57PM
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One way people could start is by uploading content on both, Youtube and a PeerTube instance and mention their PeerTube content in YouTube videos. This way they also create a kind of online backup, in case YouTube's algorithms decide to take them down.
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If I am remembering right from linus tech tips, they are not allowed to try get viewers to go to an other platform. The are some ways one can indirect reference other platforms, but videos intended to get people off youtube is basically not allowed.
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video]
by zelphirkalt on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:22PM
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Oh my, I did not even know that. That's so toxic. Shouldn't that fall under some kind of monopoly law?
There are a number of prominent YouTubers who advertise their own alternative platforms fairly regularly, if "indirectly". There are also videos about LTT's own video service Floatplane on YouTube [0]
I'm guessing that either there's some clause in the YouTube partner/adsense program saying you can't just redirect your viewers elsewhere or you can't upload videos with the sole purpose of saying "go here for more videos".
That said, I'd be interested to see the details of what GP was talking about, because I believe it exists, I just wonder what the exacts are.
I was going to say that digging through wan shows to find a reference was too hard but then duckduckgo gave me a hit of a HN post I made that referenced the twitter post.
https://twitter.com/linustech/status/1008752236027973632?lan...
And here is the wan show discussing it (thanks to a comment on HN): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKtJY6soCds&t=698s
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video]
by judge2020 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:00PM
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The only restriction YouTube has is that you can’t create videos that purely say “go check us out on this other platform”, which is what they used to do for WAN show when it was only streamed on Twitch but announced on YT.
Yeah, I've seen several creators mention "extended" or "uncensored" versions of their content on another platform. Off the top of my head, Corridor Digital is one example that advertises their alternative content pretty heavily.
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video]
by hendersoon on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:54PM
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Linus and co founded Floatplane, which is explicitly another platform competing with YouTube. It isn't very successful, but they certainly did it.