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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Batmorous@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

I enjoy PeerTube for what it is. But we have to talk about how PeerTube is I would say the one open source app that is getting the least amount of new users

So wanted to bring up some points on how we can improve it in some ways:

  • It is too complex with not enough up to date guides and videos on how to set it up for most people
  • Need new open source frontend client mobile apps to make it simpler to sign up, sign in, & watch videos/channels on it
  • The website for sign up is not very user-friendly and like a semi-maze for people who are new

Anything else you would like to add or say about PeerTube in general?

It's a phenomenal project and backend will of course stay the same but it needs a better pipeline of people and creators to it

Also check out post by another person below mine about Keep Android Open

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[-] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They can't monetize directly, but they can still do Patreon and sponsored ad reads. Maybe this already exists, but we could make it common to have donation wallets linked on videos, so you can still get tips too.

It's just the ad revenue we can't do

[-] bufalo1973@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

... yet.

There's nothing that makes it impossible to have some way to add an ad before or after the video. I don't like the idea but it's not impossible.

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