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Why is there no music-based platform like PeerTube? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm not sure where to discuss this so I'm posting here since this is the hub of FOSS advocates.

I had a really interesting conversation with a friend about the Bandcamp situation and as we were discussing it occured to me that something like PeerTube but for music doesn't really exist. Which doesn't make sense in my mind as it's so much less cost to host and so useful. Half of Youtube's audience mainly goes there for music.

So, I don't know, does it make sense for anyone else to work on something Fediverse-based (Activity Pub) that is aimed at music creators?

I would even go as far as allow the creators to host ads on their page so as to attract as many of them as possible. Controversial but we have to take one step at a time to change mindsets. Right now, the situation is that you have to put up with massive advertising or go the FOSS way and depend on donations.

What do you guys think?

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[–] Barrymore 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I want to go off of this slightly and ask a similar question. Why is there no shopping network using activitypub? An open source replacement for facebook marketplace, ebay, etsy, and ideally amazon too. Seems like something that could really put a dent in mega corporations revenue and userbase, or maybe I'm just dreaming too much lol.

[–] huskypenguin 19 points 1 year ago

Craigslist is all we have!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Federated marketplaces would make a ton of sense. Network effect is a huge issue with selling stuff.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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