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[–] oce@jlai.lu 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

And not anyone can support the server ressources required to run YouTube.

[–] maness300@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Centralizing it into 1 entity is the entire issue.

That's what federation aims to solve.

[–] KrokanteBamischijf@feddit.nl 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how much content worth archiving there really is on YouTube and what the resource cost would be like for just the good stuff.

Like, if we just filter out all the clickbait prank videos, all the vlogs by famous assholes, all the ragebait, all the let's plays by people who just scream a lot, all the bullshit reaction videos and all the shitty gym videos. Keep one of each for the museum and to teach humankind to never again let it come to this.

How much more is there really to YouTube content if all the subpar crap is flushed away? And would the costs for hosting be too high to maintain?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 8 months ago

It's not that much disk storage but bandwidth that is hardcore. I would guess good quality content represent a higher bandwidth percentage than disk percentage.