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I got a question about .
Peertube has this great p2p feature, meaning that while you are watching a video, specifically with the web interface on the server
(no one download the torrent file to watch a video), you are seeding/contributing bandwidth to servers.
The more, the better, less managing cost

But in a decentered world, is unlikely an old documentary on art history, is watched by two or more people in the same time.

And If you close the browser, your help is gone, you can't always have 20 tabs of a desktop browser opened.

Is there a desktop client that allow forever seed, like in torrent/*mule ?

I'm not a video creator, should I self-host a dedicated instance, just for seeding’s sake ?

@peertube

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what if one of your video, get a peak of visit, maybe because some popular account boost it.

I think it will have a different impact on hosting costs, if 100 users watch it in the same moment, or one by one.

plus, we all end user have way more landline bandwidth that we use, must be good habit to share it

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]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://sironi.xyz/ap/users/115700305018001936/statuses/116334532179597232https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://sironi.xyz/ap/users/115700305018001936/statuses/116334532179597232Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:01:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #fediverse on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:05:58 GMT]]>@luca Just my opinion as small instance admin: Saving bandwidth is a nice feature, but it's practically irrelevant for small instances. It will be different for big ones.
And there are privacy issues, so admins and user themselves can disable it.

The real “problem” is having a fast, reliable, and long-term storage solution for several hundred gigabytes of video data. If you have that, bandwidth is mostly included (or should be).

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