• 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The only REAL replacement I’m still looking for is YouTube. Sure, Peertube and proxy sites for YouTube exist. But the amount of content I am interested in is by dozens of decimals larger an YouTube than on any other alternative combined.

    And, yes, of course, the search engine.

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      1 year ago

      I’m hoping that as the fediverse grows it will start to accrue enough capacity to sustain a strong video hosting platform like peertube.

      Social media has a network effect where the more people use it the more attractive it gets, and because the fediverse can interconnect between different formats I see it as inevitable that eventually it will take over, because it can manage a much more comprehensive network than any centralised site.

      Once it becomes more mainstream, server capacity should increase until it can handle the world’s video sharing as well.

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      1 year ago

      Duck Duck Go has been nothing but great since I switched a few months ago. It’s like Google from 10 years ago.

    • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I hope alternatives to youtube like Nebula and peertube find their footing, but I can’t help but suspect that youtube has and will continue to find the successful path in this social media era. I’m not a youtuber or anything, so I don’t really know any details about how it works, but the way they seem provide a platform with monetisation and brand building possibilities built in seems pretty effective/pragmatic for a platform that needs to find someway to work within capitalism.

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        1 year ago

        I tried DDG many times for work. Often I don’t find the result I want at all. I try different queries and all, but I only find barely relevant shit. I switch to Google, and immediately the top result is exactly what I want.