• Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    21 days ago

    I got the PeerTube android app. It’s very bare bones. As a first foray into peertube I’m not sure it’s the way to go. I think I’ve set myself up for failure.

    Anycase, I’ll dedicate some time to try find some pocket of content I like tomorrow. Getting away from YouTube sure would be nice.

    • ArgyBargy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      21 days ago

      May I recommend NewPipe on android? It’s a proxy for YouTube/Bandcamp/Plus a bunch of other stuff including Peertube. As a creator, Peertube is nice, but yea, using it as a full time video watching platform just isn’t viable rn unfortunately.

      • Natanox@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        21 days ago

        NewPipe is awful for Peertube. You have to add AND SEARCH every single instance manually. It’s only useful if there is a creator on a specific instance that you specifically want to watch.

  • breadguyyyyyyyyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    21 days ago

    I keep seeing this type stuff but neither peertube or friendica are genuine replacements at this point, mastodon is weaksauce compared to akkoma or a misskey fork, and loops is alpha software. also yes signal is centralized but it just works and has contact discovery so it owns matrix and xmpp when compared to whatsapp. basically none of this stuff is truly ready

  • KiloGex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 days ago

    Looks like Loops isn’t accepting new users at the moment. Hopefully that’ll open up again soon.

  • Elrecoal19_0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 days ago

    Wouldn’t Matrix be a better alternative to Signal, since it doesn’t need a number? Maybe it has a too difficult learning curve to the average user, though

  • teri@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    21 days ago

    I support the cause in general but: Signal is not federated at all. It may seem like a decent alternative to WhatsApp but is it really? It still falls under the same US jurisdiction. Let’s say the US gov starts agressively prosecuting dissidents and certain minorities (they already do): can and should we still use signal in this case? I don’t think so. Sadly i can’t name a much better alternative. Maybe matrix. But it has other issues.

  • Undaunted@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Unfortunately, the switch from YouTube to PeerTube has not worked for me so far. I can’t find a decent instance (not full of right-wing/conspiracy content) with interesting stuff that also allows me to make an account.

    • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      21 days ago

      Yes finding the right instance on peertube is a nightmare — and also the general lack of quality content, or subtitling, which makes it as good as useless for deaf people like me.

      • Elrecoal19_0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        21 days ago

        Yeah, it is already hard to find reasons to use it for the average user, so people with disabilities (deafness, blindness,intellectual etc.) probably even have reasons to NOT use them (no subtitles, each instance might have different elements or structure that might be a nightmare for screen readers, it might be too complex for some people, etc.).

    • jaybone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      21 days ago

      The Lemmy logo always looks so sad or angry to me. Wished he could look happier.

      The only ones on the right I really like are signal and friendica. (I had never seen the friendica logo before. This is really well done whoever designed that. Good job.)

      All the big guys of course can afford graphic design teams and marketing/PR research.

      The notable exception for me is mastodon. While I’m still not a big fan of that logo either, it certainly looks better than the X logo. I’m guessing Musk DOGE’d his design teams in favor of some yes-men.

    • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
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      22 days ago

      I think it’s just the colours for the peertube one. I like that it’s three individual play icons to signify the federation aspect, but the colours are just dull.