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submitted 3 days ago by NokkR6@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

Hey guys! Just started degoogle and its a fun experience! I'm found out that Nebula was made as a oficial alternative to Youtube made by creators against Youtube alghoritm. You guys think its a valid choice? I'm considering using it on GrayJay. What you guys think?

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[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 6 points 1 day ago

Directly, I don't think so. Youtube letting anyone join in, and generally being free to use, are the opposite of what Nebula does. Closest to Youtube afaik are Peertube, Odysee, Rumble and Bitchute. Other platforms come to mind but imo it starts getting a bit too small/niche at this point.

Nebula, and Dropout if I may add, from what I understand and checked, would be closer to cable TV, or Netflix and the sort if they were more generalist (or let their creators be). Still, subscribing to both, I think the two are worth to have around.

Now, on tangent, but still in the scope of escaping Youtube, from my experience, it is something hard to achieve. Constantly seeking redundancy for what I follow, still about half the video channels are Youtube-only, and jumping across sites only helps to annoy and want to stay at a single place (imo the intended experience from what I call the "2010's sites").

To avoid this annoyance, if you can, I'd suggest trying to aggregate all alternatives in a single place, like RSS readers, Grayjay/NewPipe/PipePipe, here at the fediverse through tracking bots, Peertube channels being treated as communities, etc., and/or other aggregators you may find. Helps at easing the process and not be annoyed into ~~submission~~ sticking to the more overarching platform.

[-] NokkR6@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I think only odysee and peertube are open source direct alternative to youtube right? I was thinking in using Grayjay to watch nebula. I was thinking about it and it really sucks peertube and odysse aren't taken seriously. Youtube might be free but they sell your data and annoy you with a lot of ads. Nebula at least pay their creators better. So its really a ouroboros situation :/ hope one day peertube can grow and be a direct rival to youtube. But it really need investment.

[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 1 points 20 hours ago

Imo, one form of investment anyone can do is adoption. No use being the best option available if no one uses it. And Peertube channels are treated as communities on Lemmy/PieFed, have native RSS, and Grayjay and the *Pipe apps have integrations for it, so plenty of ways to follow. Then as adoption grows, so does relevance, and the more relevance there is, the higher is the chance is for people with the perfect alignment of interest, skills and time to improve the engine to appear.

Direct financial investment also helps, though that grows expensive fast, so worth being careful not to overspend in supporting. And as the local saying goes, if something is free, you are the product, which helps being ever more suspicious of how platforms like Youtube stay afloat indeed. So the better option, for those willing to support with money, is also to go slow and steady.

On a last note, Odysee's open source? Never heard of that.

[-] NokkR6@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

You mean paying for Nebula? And yes, Odysee is open source.

[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 15 hours ago

Paying for whatever you find worthwhile, but in the scope of the original question, for services that pose as alternatives of Youtube.

Also interesting, wasn't aware of Odysee being open source. Living and learning!

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