Posted June 22, 2019
timppu: So one clarification needed: this is not a video content hosting service like Youtube, but rather a protocol?
When you watch a LBRY video, where does the content come from exactly? Apparently not from lbry.com or anything like that, but from the PCs of other users, like with bittorrent?
If that is the case (ie. a decentralized video streaming protocol), then it does sound like an interesting approach, and might even work (just like bittorrent still works, and no one needs to care whether "bittorrent" is making a loss or profit; who cares, right?)
I was wondering the same thing myself, but I hope it's not a stream from PC service, because I doubt there are many people who would be willing to give up their own Internet bandwidth to a video streaming service. I do love the idea of a YouTube competitor, but I'm not sure if any of these websites are really offering anything new. I actually love the design and navigation of LBRY, which is a huge plus for me because I don't like the layout of other YouTube competitors like BitChute or dTube.When you watch a LBRY video, where does the content come from exactly? Apparently not from lbry.com or anything like that, but from the PCs of other users, like with bittorrent?
If that is the case (ie. a decentralized video streaming protocol), then it does sound like an interesting approach, and might even work (just like bittorrent still works, and no one needs to care whether "bittorrent" is making a loss or profit; who cares, right?)