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Twitch Is Desperate
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this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2023
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We need a viable alternative for both streaming and video hosting. YouTube routinely tries to push awful policy changes just as often as Twitch does.
PeerTube's pretty good, and fit for purpose for most people wanting to publish pre-recorded video.
Plus, you can subscribe to PeerTube channels from Lemmy (e.g. !techlore@neat.tube (https://neat.tube/c/techlore/videos))
The problem, I think, is that PeerTube (and Owncast) don't effectively do the parts that content creators™ find valuable - wide distribution/discoverability and linking content to ads for a profit incentive.
If you want to make content or stream as a hobby, these things can make sense. If you already have a large following then you might be able to convince that following to join you on one of these alternatives. Anything in between... I'm not sure it's very compelling for most.
It really depends on what one's revenue model is. There's a lot of potential for viral discoverability thanks to the 'boost' propagation model of the fediverse, and so direct sponsorships should be maintainable, given a growing and engaged population here.
End-cap and interstitial ads revenue is much more complicated issue. Advertisers that like dealing with single entities, like YouTube or Twitch, are going to be a completely different nut to crack. And that's assuming PeerTube admins have, or gain access to, instance-level ad management tools.
But it's doable. It'll require some work, and an active audience, but it's right at a cusp.
I can see that as a community, but nothing shows up in it.