PeerTube v7.1 Is Out

I know this will come across as negative but <i>design matters</i> for something like this.<p>Can&#x27;t they afford $5K for websites and UI design? Everything here looks absolutely terrible.<p>Its a negative take but they&#x27;re asking me to consider this as an alternative to YouTube - how it presents is critically important.<p>Also, the website root should not talk about peertube, it should drop me <i>into peertube</i><p>And a final gripe..... Can&#x27;t they get a better domain than &quot;joinpeertube.org&quot; - really almost anything would be better.<p>Sorry this is such a grumble but so many obvious self sabotaging obstacles to success.

Framasoft is really an amazing team. They are basically the reason I discovered FOSS when I was younger.<p>The fact they are still here and supporting so many free services is a miracle.

&gt; .. improves support for Podcast 2.0, allowing users to subscribe to channels and play the video audio stream (if available) using classic podcast applications<p>that refers to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;podcasting2.org&#x2F;podcast-namespace" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;podcasting2.org&#x2F;podcast-namespace</a><p>A youtube channel url provides a rss link too, but it&#x27;s not advertised much and you need a player that can extract the audio stream. I often yt-dl the audio from talks&#x2F;interviews, but it could be easier.<p>The v7 interface came out nice, for examples see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;instances.joinpeertube.org&#x2F;instances?sort=-version&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;instances.joinpeertube.org&#x2F;instances?sort=-version&amp;p...</a>

I like the idea of a decentralized Google free YouTube. But I find these posts about PeerTube, Frama, Mastodon, protocols, etc just very confusing. And it’s hard to understand how everyday people can use this platform or it is even meant for that. Years after first hearing of this, it has gone nowhere.<p>I know this is a negative take but does someone have an explanation or an understanding of whether this project means anything from a practical standpoint?

Why didn&#x27;t I hear about this earlier? Strange.

I&#x27;ve always wondered, why doesn&#x27;t ISIS or other terror groups just use this type of distribution for their videos?