RE: Prompt of the day “Started” - YouTube -> DTube Uploader
It's a headache for me to mess with APIs of centralized platforms like FB, Twitter and YT. They can be either badly documented, or having the need to pay to access certain API (or going over a "free" quota limit). Then you have to comply with their ridiculous terms of service to use their API (unlike Steem or other decentralized platforms where technically anyone can download the entire blockchain and run nodes themselves).
Therefore the YT -> DTube uploader is something I may not look into at all. I'm focusing on making the process of uploading videos to DTube seamless, as well as making it easy for anyone to host an upload server themselves, with the uploader that I'm always improving on 😉
Not to mention that if a YouTube -> DTube uploader exist, everyone would proceed to upload to YT in order to get their videos up on DTube because it's just easier for them. One day if YouTube go bust, this software would break instantly and without other user friendly uploaders DTube would not survive as well.
It would probably be best if we get someone already familiar to help us out with the API business and building this function, see if anyone steps up by publishing ideas 💪.
I am extremely proud of all you have done and what you are working towards, it is the future of the platform no doubt about it! That uploader is perfect, simple and straight forward and it works accordingly.
Every video uploaded to YouTube would be promotion of the platform 😉
I think it would be a great idea for having it as part of the paid subscription like you said. You don’t have to add any more to your plate my friend, I’ll just keep putting the idea out there until it becomes reality. I’m sure we could find someone who’s looking for a project 🙏
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