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}} | }}PeerTube is an open-source platform that uses peer-to-peer technology to host its own platform, with users expecting to host their own channel via their own hardware, instead of posting it to a PeerTube server.<ref>https://joinpeertube.org/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260219184525/https://joinpeertube.org/ Archived])</ref><ref>https://streamdiag.com/streaming-services/peertube-common-questions-answered-10439/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250914172430/https://streamdiag.com/streaming-services/peertube-common-questions-answered-10439/ Archived])</ref> | ||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
== | ===User Freedom=== | ||
PeerTube lets people make their own website that is connected to PeerTube where they can customize how their website looks, or acts.<ref>https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/library ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251225084432/https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/library Archived])</ref> | |||
PeerTube does not moderate content, making the platform unsafe<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42389394</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/PeerTube/comments/xe7fmp/questions_about_peertube/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20220915085049/https://old.reddit.com/r/PeerTube/comments/xe7fmp/questions_about_peertube/ Archived])</ref>, with PeerTube expecting the channel owner to moderate their own channel<ref>https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/moderation ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251222024004/https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/moderation Archived])</ref>. Yet still working towards user freedom as there are no restrictions to what you are able to post. | |||
=== | ===User Privacy=== | ||
PeerTube currently respects privacy as it doesn't track anything<ref>https://joinpeertube.org/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260219184525/https://joinpeertube.org/ Archived])</ref>. Due to this, even if people gain access to PeerTube servers, they will not be able to gain any sensitive information for there is none. | |||
===Business Model=== | |||
PeerTube's Business Model is that they consider their users as people, not as a product, and that letting people own their own channel is their main goal for their product. | |||
== | ===Market Control=== | ||
PeerTube has control over the main PeerTube website, where you view your main PeerTube feed; although channels cannot be deleted or removed by PeerTube owners. | |||
==Incidents== | |||
[please add an incident] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Release Year | 2018 |
| Product Type | Social media, Media player |
| In Production | No |
| Official Website | https://peertube.tv/ |
PeerTube is an open-source platform that uses peer-to-peer technology to host its own platform, with users expecting to host their own channel via their own hardware, instead of posting it to a PeerTube server.[1][2]
Consumer-impact summary
[edit | edit source]User Freedom
[edit | edit source]PeerTube lets people make their own website that is connected to PeerTube where they can customize how their website looks, or acts.[3]
PeerTube does not moderate content, making the platform unsafe[4][5], with PeerTube expecting the channel owner to moderate their own channel[6]. Yet still working towards user freedom as there are no restrictions to what you are able to post.
User Privacy
[edit | edit source]PeerTube currently respects privacy as it doesn't track anything[7]. Due to this, even if people gain access to PeerTube servers, they will not be able to gain any sensitive information for there is none.
Business Model
[edit | edit source]PeerTube's Business Model is that they consider their users as people, not as a product, and that letting people own their own channel is their main goal for their product.
Market Control
[edit | edit source]PeerTube has control over the main PeerTube website, where you view your main PeerTube feed; although channels cannot be deleted or removed by PeerTube owners.
Incidents
[edit | edit source][please add an incident]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ https://joinpeertube.org/ (Archived)
- ↑ https://streamdiag.com/streaming-services/peertube-common-questions-answered-10439/ (Archived)
- ↑ https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/library (Archived)
- ↑ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42389394
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/PeerTube/comments/xe7fmp/questions_about_peertube/ (Archived)
- ↑ https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/moderation (Archived)
- ↑ https://joinpeertube.org/ (Archived)