I enjoy PeerTube for what it is. But we have to talk about how PeerTube is I would say the one open source app that is getting the least amount of new users

So wanted to bring up some points on how we can improve it in some ways:

  • It is too complex with not enough up to date guides and videos on how to set it up for most people
  • Need new open source frontend client mobile apps to make it simpler to sign up, sign in, & watch videos/channels on it
  • The website for sign up is not very user-friendly and like a semi-maze for people who are new

Anything else you would like to add or say about PeerTube in general?

It’s a phenomenal project and backend will of course stay the same but it needs a better pipeline of people and creators to it

Also check out post by another person below mine about Keep Android Open

  • einlander@lemmy.world
    2·
    17 hours ago

    I’m not a fan of how YouTube videos are mirrored on peertube. It feels like freebooting.

    You get linked to a video on the fediverse and you like the video and want to know more. When you look at the description you see abundant evidence the description was copied from YouTube, but that’s fine. You decide let’s go to YouTube to give them views so they can continue making videos but there are no links to the source material.