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PeerTube can serve a video to thousands without a big server. The thread explained why that still isn't YouTube (github.com)

It's a free, federated video platform from the French nonprofit Framasoft: no ads, ActivityPub federation with the Fediverse, and peer-to-peer playout so simultaneous viewers offload bandwidth from the host.

A working YouTuber did the money math and it was brutal — a ~100K-subscriber channel that couldn't survive on under $500–$1,000 a video, which PeerTube has no way to provide. As one authority put it: the tech does exactly one of the four jobs a YouTube replacement needs, and it does that one fine.

🚀Tech ★ 534 · 💬 243 · Jul 3 · #open source#social media#web#ActivityPub#Framasoft#Mastodon+2

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Europe wants to build its own social media, and the thread coined a word for the plan: openwashing (european.social)

european.social pledges eight principles across Matrix, the Fediverse and the AT Protocol, plus a 'Eurobridge' and identity tied to the EU Digital ID Wallet. 445 individuals and 67 orgs signed.

An engineer's warning: don't plan a Neuschwanstein castle by committee — build a wooden cabin and expand. Gaia-X is the cautionary tale.

🚀Tech ★ 99 · 💬 103 · Jun 21 · #open source#policy#privacy#social media#AT Protocol#European Union#Framasoft+2