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kauffj | 5 years ago

More than 25,000 YouTubers now publish to the LBRY protocol, with more coming over every day, for reasons just like this. The total reach of these creators is more than 400,000,000 people.

We're just rolling out our mainstream video product explicitly designed to compete with YouTube @ https://odysee.com

To learn more about the protocol itself, check out https://lbry.tech

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ocdtrekkie|5 years ago

I was kinda interested until I hit the "100 LBC to get started", and realized it was a blockchain/cryptocurrency thing.

kauffj|5 years ago

There is no other method to allow local control over publishing identity combined with a coherent view of a decentralized network.

ColanR|5 years ago

I vaguely remember this kind of tech being discussed a few years ago. It seemed legit at the time, though I have no idea if this particular implementation is.

kevin_thibedeau|5 years ago

It's a necessary "evil" for small fish brokering payments to hedge against oppressive regimes that control the banking system.

wazanator|5 years ago

No offense but I'm not interested in dealing with crypto to post and watch short tutorial videos.

unknown|5 years ago

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Psychlist|5 years ago

You refuse to use https and only visit sites that still support http-only viewing?

kauffj|5 years ago

Many people didn't want to send email in the 1990s either.

A blockchain is the only technology that allows a simultaneously decentralized and coherent view of what exists on a network along with local control over identity.

I think blockchain sucks in many ways and is a big hassle. We try to hide it as much as possible. It's still the right solution to this problem.

blisterpeanuts|5 years ago

Interesting concept. I've been hoping and wishing for something, anything, to come along and replace Youtube with a freedom-of-speech oriented platform.

But in the FAQ there's this: "LBRY.COM / LBRY.TV allows content to be flagged as inappropriate. Should any content be flagged as illegal, unlawful, harassing, harmful, offensive or various other reasons, LBRY.COM / LBRY.TV shall remove it from the site without delay."

So how do you actually remove stuff if it's so well distributed, encrypted packets, no central authority, no censorship? Seems contradictory.

Or maybe I'm just not understanding how it works and LBRY.TV only represents one implementation of a broader standard that is platformless?

seanyesmunt|5 years ago

It can be hidden from our official apps (but turned off by commenting out a single line in the UI code[0]). That content is still accessible via the LBRY sdk[1], and it is not possible for the company to remove it from the network.

[0]: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/blob/master/ui/index....

[1]: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk

unknown|5 years ago

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drummer|5 years ago

Keep up the good work lbry!