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RE: Alex Jones, an opportunity for Blockchain?
All we would need is a blockchain based video platform with long term retention.
All we would need is a blockchain based video platform with long term retention.
I think people need to get a more realistic idea of what it takes to retain videos. Google is paying huge money to store all the videos on youtube, and in fact has lost money for years doing so. Now I don't believe this is some pathologically altruistic behavior, they want this information for other purposes, so the cost is worth it to them. In the same sense, to expect dlive or dtube to retain videos forever is entirely because of bias that exists because youtube exists, and that's what we compare against when making our value judgements.
Understanding the costs, if we want to have free video hosting, we're left with a company that wants to use our personal info for possibly nefarious means, or we're left with a company that can't host forever. Now the blockchain may be able to fund some of the hosting like we're seeing now, but I struggle to see it scaling to be able to afford hosting every video uploaded + all the overhead (dev, admin, marketing, etc). Ultimately, I think this means self-hosting will need to become easier for the average user, or people will need to expect to pay if they don't want an invasion of privacy.
Well said.
https://vid.me/ failed because of the crushing cost.
https://www.bitchute.com/ uses web torrent with it's own problems.
So yes, having your own IPFS server might be the way forward.