cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/33909879

I would imagine the most expensive part is the storage space perhaps Peertube instances can function as cooperatives for content creators where they pool their resources to kickstart their own independent video platform free from censorship and frivolous corporate takedowns.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
    10·
    28 days ago

    Storage space and bandwidth, as well as compute for re-coding lower resolution versions (although you can do that on another machine these days).

    A cheap VPS will probably be insufficient rather soon, but something around 50€ a month should do it for quite a while.

  • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
    9·
    27 days ago

    I like the idea of content creators pooling together to create an instance.

    Viewers could donate to the instance, and the money could be divided between content creators after server costs are covered. Suddenly you have an open source payment optional Netflix alternative up and running.

    In a way it’s a bit weird to me that we haven’t seen more experiments like this. But then again, I guess content creators are too busy creating content to think about crazy innovative distribution models.

  • DrDystopia@lemy.lolEnglish
    4·
    27 days ago

    Depends mainly how many videos you plan on hosting, storage space is the biggest issue.

    I’ve self-hosted a 5€ Peertube instance before, no problems. Expanding the storage would be rather cheap but I never hit the 500GB VPS limit before I got bored of the whole thing and shut it down.