Comment by dev0p
7 hours ago
YouTube should have been a distributed p2p system with local storage of your favorite videos. A man can dream...
7 hours ago
YouTube should have been a distributed p2p system with local storage of your favorite videos. A man can dream...
Didn't work because asymmetric upload/download speeds (which now are a thing of the past; however, it gave youtube an early advantage).
Now largely more feasible. We should try again.
Would you like to work with me to create OurTube?
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Guess why it was asymmetrical in the first place ... Telcos wanted to sell the upload bandwidth to streaming companies. Another double dipping Telco monopoly squeeze and customer boxing / enshitification from very early on.
I thought it was just trading more download for less upload when last mile bandwidth was limited by re-using old POTS copper.
Wasn't dialup largely asymmetric too? I don't think p2p streaming was even on the radar back then.