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RE: Decentralized File Storage Solutions Would be Great if They Were Actually Reliable | A Rant on IPFS & Media Playability
Hey @paradigmprospect, a few thoughts in response to some of the things you mention:
- dtube only keeps videos for a month after which they are deleted
- I only recently discovered that the Steem Blockchain doesn't actually store any media. If you use steemit.com, then their servers store your pix (unless you use a different online service)
- Umm, have you considered using a different UI from steemit.com? They will remain perpetually in beta it seems, and it also seems as if this could be deliberate. Have you heard of steempeak.com (which the linked-post in this sentence is about)? It's a real step-up in the user-experience and IMO much more sophisticated than busy.org. You can also play videos in the feed itself :)
- atm I'm unable to play any Dtube vidz and I've only posted one video. If I did it again, I'd probably mirror through BooTube, just coz it means it may still be there. No real point re-uploading everything only to have it gone after a month! IPFS is the way, but it seems stuck atm.
As for your closing statement:
even the most audacious drawbacks to using a service will be forgiven and accepted as long as the core service works reliably, every single day.
LOL, I wouldn't go as far as that. I prefer decentralised, transparent, perhaps-clumsy-but-still-young-and-learning, revolutionary technology to the matrix monsters of the establishment.
I do get your frustration though.
Well that was helpful thanks so much! I have NOT really used many other Steemapps and I do gotta say: It's high time to check those out again and see how far we have come. Busy.org had been my last steemapp I used other than Steemit.com and I didn't really like the experience. Steempeak alreadys sounds freakin' awesome, will check it out today thanks a ton!
As @tibfox mentioned: maybe I simply expected something of the service it was never deigned to do. Which would be fair, but all the more reason for me to find youtube-like HD capable alternatives that work for my mission in the longterm.
much love!