Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RS Wood Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Realplayer reinvents itself as Dropbox for Video Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 19:38:46 +0000 (UTC) Organization: solani.org Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <20140302234037.69fe27ea.andy.k466@gmail.com> X-Trace: solani.org 1393875526 15952 eJwFwQEBwCAMAzBLg7eFyuEb8y+BhJ+GckEU2GyMO4xG1jlOmdNZcXftSGMe4fZyBawVP/kAIA4Q5w== (3 Mar 2014 19:38:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 19:38:46 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBgDAIA7CXnLRFzgEG/59gQtNRO0SBy31VILp4Lqpjb8aYNzBPApSN3BfbN6q+nB8ktBHM Cancel-Lock: sha1:7rqsGkA3SKggR+MmZ6eEZmyKlFw= X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwNyrkBwDAIA8CV8CMQ48TI7D9C3Fx1WD68Yjt8o9FcDx3Oko4hsyyIj33FV40WolopXqXpByqgEbQ= Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:1214 On 2014-03-03, Rob Myers wrote: > On Sun, 02 Mar 2014 23:40:37 +0100, Andy K. wrote: > >> On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:39:46 +0000 RS Wood wrote: >> >>> *That said,* please give us an alternative to Youtube. Ever since >>> Google bought it, I've been avoiding it like it's syphilis. >> >> This new service will just be bought out by someone else - Facebook or >> Microsoft come to mind - and it will be basically a Youtube in different >> slant. No, real, future-proof technologies must go peer-to-peer. > > Or federated: > > http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html I think you're right about this becoming a new Youtube, but frankly, I'd be happy to have an alternative to Youtube. Google forcing everyone onto GooglePlus to use it was kind of the last straw for me. As for peer to peer, or federation: awesome!