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I'm sure they are working on a youtube messaging app behind the scenes.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Video is nearly impossible to host in a sustainable way. The bandwidth usage is among the most expensive things you can host. The only way you’re getting something better than YouTube is if it’s tax funded somehow.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Public libraries should host the peoples internet. As a service, not to generate tax dollars, not to break even.

Jumping from platform to platform is just delaying the enshitification.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Nebula is very sustainable.

The 20mbit bandwidth of a 4k video might have been a lot 10 years ago, but it's child's play now.

[–] falkerie71 27 points 5 months ago

Nebula works for now because it still has nowhere near the amount of videos being served and uploaded per minute than YouTube. Having to cache videos in servers all around the globe takes up significant cost too.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

I also pay for Nebula.

I'm fine paying for a service, but I'm not going to pretend that it is a YouTube equivalent.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Interesting service but still bad for privacy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's probably true, but economic sustainability is what makes privacy sustainability possible.

Youtube is such a mess because it has to fight so hard to make ads work, which is unsustainable.

Nebula makes its money through monthly fees and thus has no incentives to track users beyond providing a better service.

Nebula being essentially a creators' co-operative organization also helps with the sustainable governence side, too.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well I sure hope it isn't getting Tax funded

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why not? Nationalize it and treat it like the infrastructure it is. Take the ISPs, too, while you're at it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Will that end up with countries or territories ring-fencing things they fund for their own taxpayers?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago