706 sats \ 26 replies \ @DarthCoin 11 Jun \ on: ⚡Announcing Storm.pub!⚡Lightning Enabled version of YouTube, Future Nostr Client nostr
- is NOT a LN version of youtube. It just forcing youtube users to register their videos on this platform. So it REQUIRE youtube, not replacing it.
- Right now I do not need to register a video in order to receive sats. On Youtube you just have to add a LN address in the video description and you can pays with sats directly using Alby extension without any other tool., with just 1 click.
- If you really want an advanced "pay per view" video platform, better use https://lightning.video or https://zap.stream
WE NEED TO REPLACE YOUTUBE, not keep using with tools on top of it. Also now YT is forcing viewers to login in order to see videos. No more anonymous views. So this storm.pub became useless anyways with these new YT rules.
Fuck YT.
What are your feelings about https://www.flare.pub/?
I haven't used it much, yet, but it looks more promising to me than the two you mentioned.
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Oh yeah ! Thanks for reminding Flare !
Yes I try it a bit but not from the content creator side, just as a user consumer. Is promising.
It is a good alternative to Youtube.
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I've been thinking about uploading the videos I share on SN to Flare, so that I'm sending people there instead of Odysee.
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I don't know how is the policy to upload or if they have a "free limit".
They have nostr login and zap option and that is a huge advantage.
anyways, I think is a much better alternative to Youtube and could be a good source of videos for SN.
Maybe you could write a guide on SN about how to use Flare and share videos on SN.
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They charge for storage space. It's 10k sats for 2GB, which I'm sure I won't make back initially.
I don't mind subsidizing it a little bit, if it helps get people off of YT.
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ofc storage is not cheap so the uploader must pay something.
Another method that they can implement is sharing costs from earnings.
For example if you do not have enough sats to pay to upload, you could say "ok this video will be with pay per view up until will accumulate x amount of sats to cover the costs".
So viewers will pay per view and saths will be split between Flare and uploader, until are covering the costs. Then the uploader could switch to free view and just leave the V4V zaps activated. Flare got their part, uploader also could post his video.
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Is there something more promising on the horizon?
I totally agree with your point, but IMO replacing Youtube is the end goal and to reach it, there is some space in the middle to cover.
Just taking a look on the Trending Video on Flare, we can see the numbers...
There have to be done some steps in order to replace Youtube...the audience we liked or not is on Youtube, so first we have to teach them on Youtube about the advantages on the new platforms, like no sign in required, Zaps, no censorship, etc..and then, slowly, they will start to watch content on the new platforms....
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I can tell you're very excited :)
I am working towards replacing YouTube. I want this site to become a Nostr client. Right now you can watch any video that is currently on YouTube already on my site. There is no need to re-post and host every video ever created all over again. Not going to reinvent the wheel if I dont have to :)
Having a like button that displays an invoice is a UI improvement in my opinion. Especially since not everyone has a lightning enabled extension available. When I have Nostr integrated, it will just automatically zap the creator, so only one click will be needed.
This site is not intended to be pay per view. Only V4V.
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Yeah sure, "nice tool" that I cannot view the video...
I think you understand what I mean. Forcing me to go back to YT it will end badly for this app. I mean it cannot be used.
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LMAO. Dead on arrival 100%.
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YT is already ded. They will force everybody to login.
Not even Invidious serves will be allowed anymore.
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Do you use zap. stream or lightning.video?
Here is my testing account
https://lightning.video/darthcoin
They're just started. Are in a very incipient stage, but are on the right path.
There's also https://tunestr.io/
We really need a full replacement for YT with NOSTR (not building on top of YT).
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hahaha indeed, LN video will have capabilities to stream live (they have it initially but is suspended now). @justin_shocknet can give more details about LN video future.
I will keep that LN video account to stream some videos from my citadel when will be ready.
Unfortunately this year I cannot work too much, I have an injured finger, waiting to cure.
Thats interesting. I havent tried watching a video without being logged in. thanks for bringing this to my attention!
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It's a warning for you. Your app soon will became useless. Concentrate in building something else.
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Have you considered making a lightning address associated with the description/channel metadata that allows users to stream sats in realtime?
I actually made a prototype of this back in the day but no one really implemented it. Just have the creator put in an address and have the client stream 0-10 sats depending on user preferences & informed consent.
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