Nodetube
Web and SaaS
video hosting platform
SHOW HN2020
151points
78comments
#398of 3,028 in 2020
Top 14%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 2 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea and welcome YouTube competition
From 2 comments
The More competition for YouTube the better. The bigger question to answer: How do you appeal to viewers?
hayksaakian on HNI love the idea and have been wanting a good OSS YT alternative for some time now. My initial impression from looking at the code and browsing the demo site is that this project…
bavell on HN
Clean, slick interface
From 1 comment
Really good points raised here guys. Here's my take on each point raised: 1) Appeal to viewers: it's slick, no clutter, really fun, and people hate YouTube. There's lots of…
mayeaux on HN
Objections
Hosting costs for video at scale are hard to cover
From 3 comments
The bigger question is how do you plan to foot the bill for serving videos at that scale.
enitihas on HNExactly, there's a reason why no one is competing with youtube.
Eikon on HN> You could put a CDN in front of the static content Most are still way more expensive than dedicated server traffic and "fixed price" CDNs like Cloudflare are going to give you…
chmod775 on HN
Project is early with sparse documentation
From 2 comments
I love the idea and have been wanting a good OSS YT alternative for some time now. My initial impression from looking at the code and browsing the demo site is that this project…
bavell on HNCool to see a youtube alternative. Registered and became the 60th user, however it seems a bit slashdotted already with upload of my first video hanging at 99%, "About" link…
AnnoyingSwede on HN
Competing with YouTube is hard given its scale and features
From 1 comment
I think the image and audio uploads are a good first attempt at differentiation, although it does open you up to competition from two other specialized giants (imgur,…
katzgrau on HN
Requests
Federation with PeerTube and ActivityPub support
From 2 comments
It can't federate with peertube yet, but there's an issue open for it with the author's support: https://github.com/mayeaux/nodetube/issues/32 I think there's a good case to be…
anon9001 on HNWhat's privacy like? One of the big problems with Peertube is that participating peers can gather information on what you watch. Is Nodetube any better? Ideally, I would not need…
lidHanteyk on HN
Better documentation and architecture overview
From 2 comments
I love the idea and have been wanting a good OSS YT alternative for some time now. My initial impression from looking at the code and browsing the demo site is that this project…
bavell on HNCan you tell me if I'm understanding this right? Some people deploy their own Node Tube instances. Each instance has users (creators and viewers) and content (videos, images,…
ALittleLight on HN
P2P delivery to reduce bandwidth costs
From 1 comment
Would it be possible to offload the majority of the traffic using some P2P protocol for videos, like webRTC?
runarberg on HN
Questions
How do instances join and how does discovery work
From 1 comment
Can you tell me if I'm understanding this right? Some people deploy their own Node Tube instances. Each instance has users (creators and viewers) and content (videos, images,…
ALittleLight on HN
What is the privacy model compared to PeerTube
From 2 comments
What's privacy like? One of the big problems with Peertube is that participating peers can gather information on what you watch. Is Nodetube any better? Ideally, I would not need…
lidHanteyk on HNHow is this different from PeerTube?
gbraad on HN
How are inappropriate uploads handled
From 1 comment
I just uploaded porn. How will it be handled?
LemonAndroid on HN
Alternatives named
PeerTube
From 3 comments
It can't federate with peertube yet, but there's an issue open for it with the author's support: https://github.com/mayeaux/nodetube/issues/32 I think there's a good case to be…
anon9001 on HNAnd then it would become peertube https://joinpeertube.org
Fr33maan on HNHow is this different from PeerTube?
gbraad on HN
YouTube
From 1 comment
The More competition for YouTube the better. The bigger question to answer: How do you appeal to viewers?
hayksaakian on HN
Vimeo
From 1 comment
I think the image and audio uploads are a good first attempt at differentiation, although it does open you up to competition from two other specialized giants (imgur,…
katzgrau on HN