Peertube

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A free software to take back control of your videos

Peertube is an open, federated alternative to Youtube without advertising or tracking. On this site, you can find a good Peertube instance, with good rules, good moderation and most importantly a friendly community.

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Is it possible to put a peertube channel behind a paywall? (feddit.dk)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Limfjorden@feddit.dk to c/peertube@lemmy.ml

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I had this idea, because I was wondering if means.tv or nebula.tv could be made part of the peertube network. These two streaming platforms are paywalled, so it seems like it would not be possible. I don't use peertube, and I don't really know anything about it, so excuse my ignorance if the answer seems painfully obvious to you.

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I’m no PeerTube expert, but I don’t see how federation and paywalls can mix. If the content on your paywalled instance is federated with non-paywalled instances, why would anyone pay for access to your instance? It would have to be a “walled garden” of paywalled instances that only peer with each other and have some kind of revenue sharing, which doesn’t sound realistic.