It's best use case is self-hosting by established creators funded primarily by patreon subscribers, rather than new creators. But established creators won't abandon the platform with their viewers. So, it's a bit of a jam.

Fediverse platforms also just seem terribly uninterested in supporting creatives' business models, so we get a high minded desert.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

To me, an alternative model would be deep-linking/embedding 3rd party videos that you own.

For instance, sign up at @server, then:

Connect your YouTube account
Post Video 1 to YouTube
You now have a Video 1 in your federated feed with a YouTube embed
Connect your Vimeo account
Post Video 1 to Vimeo (same hash and/or title)
Your feed entry of Video 1 is updated to support both back end videos

This way your "feed" is federated, but the efficiency of centralized video content is used. If a provider goes down, or you choose to leave, you can re-up to another provider and with the connected account/title matching, your feed could be auto-updated.

[–] keegomatic 2 points 1 week ago

That’s a very interesting idea. It might also incentivize creators because it gives them a more stable audience that’s at least a little insured against viewership changes on any single platform due to changes in that platform outside of their control.

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