• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    I mean, that’s an extreme example. That’s way above what on even a 4K BR disc.

    I think Netflix is like 6GB for a two hour movie 1080p which is more manageable, but my connection (at a whopping 6Mbps upload) would just about be able to host that for one other person to see.

    Modern connections can do a lot, but it would have to be a large peer to peer solution to be back in the hands of the masses. A couple of Linux nerds with a spare server under their desk isn’t going to cut it. Realistically, popular videos would have to be on a CDN of some sort, and that ain’t particularly cheap at scale.

    Freedom isn’t free, as the song goes.

    • AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I’d happily pay for a federated video service tbh. I already pay for YouTube. I didn’t even blink when they raised the price on me because I get so much value out of it