Comment by daemin
2 months ago
This 1kb os json still sounds like a modern thing, where you need to download many MB of JavaScript code to execute and display the 1kb json data.
What you want is to just download the 10-20kb html file, maybe a corresponding css file, and any images referenced by the html. Then if you want the video you just get the video file direct.
Simple and effective, unless you have something to sell.
The main reason for doing video through JS in the first place, other than obfuscation, is variable bitrate support. Oddly enough some TVs will support variable bitrate HLS directly, and I believe Apple devices, but not regular browsers. See https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/
> unless you have something to sell
Video hosting and its moderation is not cheap, sadly. Which is why we don't see many competitors.
P2P services proved a long ago that hosting is not a problem. Politics is a problem.
What we don't see is more web video services and services that successfully trick varied content creators to upload regularly to their platform.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerTube also must be mentioned here.
And by "not many" you really mean zero competitors.
(before you ask: Vimeo is getting sold to an enshitification company)
Those "zero" include: Rumble, Odysee, Dailymotion, Twitch, Facebook watch... etc.
And a decent list here: https://ideaexplainers.com/video-sites-like-youtube/
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