Re:HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN
by y1n0 on Sunday November 01, 2026 @06:14AM
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I'd love for an alternative to youtube. And there are some... it's not really my area but I've at least heard of vimeo for example.
The problem is hosting videos is not cheap. Certainly not free. Storage and bandwidth are the easier costs to deal with. Policing to prevent devolution into the utterly deplorable is where things start to get costly and challenging. People get PTSD from having the job of scrubbing content on places like youtube and facebook.
The problem is hosting videos is not cheap. Certainly not free. Storage and bandwidth are the easier costs to deal with. Policing to prevent devolution into the utterly deplorable is where things start to get costly and challenging. People get PTSD from having the job of scrubbing content on places like youtube and facebook.