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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by crop_rotation on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:16PM (#35896496)
> doesn't seem a reasonable alternative at *any scale*

Sure it works fine at trivial scale. But can it work at 1% of YouTube scale? How many nodes are needed for that to happen? Is that number viable?

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by Nifty3929 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:18PM (#35896516)
No. 1% of YouTube is absolutely massive.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by Animats on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @11:34PM (#35897058)
The way PeerTube works, if you're watching it, you're also sharing it. So it should scale for popular videos.
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