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	Nevertheless, it is worth remembering that the vast majority of videos published on the Internet (and even on YouTube) are shared for non-market purposes: remuneration is a tool, but not necessarily a main or essential purpose.
	Learn more <a target="_blank" href="https://framablog.org/2020/09/22/sepia-search-our-search-engine-to-promote-peertube/">on the Framablog</a>
	The <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/install/any-os">installation guide is here</a> (only in English).
	Nevertheless, the ambition remains to be <strong>a free and decentralized alternative</strong>: the goal of an alternative is not to replace, but to propose something else, with different values, in parallel to what already exists.
	To make a rough estimate of your disk space usage requirements, you want to know the answer to three questions:
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	V3 is Live!
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	Free software to take back control of your videos
	Thanks to our crowdfunfing contributors, PeerTube V3 with live streaming support, global search, playlists embed and more moderation tools is out!
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	<a href="https://framablog.org/2021/01/07/peertube-v3-its-a-live-a-liiiiive/" target="_blank" class="bottom-link"> Read the blog post </a>
	The PeerTube P2P system based on well established protocols like HTTP and WebRTC, and the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/following-instances#instances-redundancy">redundancy system</a> are more easy for us to use and to maintain.
	Unfortunately we don't have enough resources to keep compatibility with other versions.
	PeerTube, a free software to take back control of your videos
	Search for PeerTube videos and channels
	PeerTube, developed by Framasoft, is the free and decentralized alternative to video platforms, providing you over %{ videos } videos published by %{ users } users and viewed over %{ views } million times
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	Search for PeerTube videos, channels and playlists
	Discover our content selection
	V4 is here!
	PeerTube V4 with channel customization, playlists search, custom instance homepage and more video filters is out!
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	The following web browsers are supported by PeerTube:
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	<a href="https://framablog.org/2021/11/30/peertube-v4-more-power-to-help-you-present-your-videos/" target="_blank" class="bottom-link"> Read the blog post </a>
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	The project's evolution demonstrates the contrary.
	Localization support (as we write these lines, PeerTube is already available in 13 different languages!)
	PeerTube aspires to be a <strong>decentralized and free/libre alternative</strong> to video broadcasting services.
	No. In December 2020, the 618 instances listed on our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://instances.joinpeertube.org/instances">public index</a> host ~1% videos tagged as NSFW (i. e. the content is sensitive, which could be something else than pornography).
	Our aim is not to replace them, but rather to simultaneously offer something else, with different values.
	A federation of interconnected hosting services
	PeerTube is not meant to become a huge platform that would centralize videos from all around the world.
	Rather, it is <strong>a network of inter-connected small videos hosters</strong>.
	Now imagine that Camille has created an account on DominiqueTube and uploads an illegal video, because this video uses music created by Solal.
	Anyone with a modicum of technical skills can host a PeerTube server, aka an instance. Each instance hosts its users and their videos. In this way, <strong>every instance is created, moderated and maintained independently by various administrators.</strong>
	Discover PeerTube instances
	You can still watch from your account videos hosted by other instances though if the administrator of your instance had previously connected it with other instances.
	This is just how a <strong>federation</strong> works!
	Video space
	Managing expectations
	Many improvements interface-wise
	And there's more! PeerTube uses <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://activitypub.rocks">ActivityPub</a>, a federating protocol that <strong>allows you to interact with other software</strong>, provided they also use this protocol. For example, PeerTube and Mastodon -a Twitter alternative- are connected: <strong>you can follow a PeerTube user from Mastodon</strong> (the latest videos from the PeerTube account you follow will appear in your feed), <strong>and even comment on a PeerTube-hosted video directly from your Mastodon's account.</strong>
	Of course, PeerTube's video player adapts to your situation: if your installation does not allow peer-to-peer playback (corporate network, recalcitrant browser, etc.) video playback will be done in the classic way.
	Many improvements on accessibility
	Update your name, avatar or description in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/setup-account#update-your-profile">your profile</a>
	Open-source, free/libre license code
	Videos hosted on a PeerTube platform
	Many other improvements have been made in this new version. You can see the complete list on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v1.3.0">https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v1.3.0</a>.
	Mainstream online video broadcasting services make money off of your data by analyzing your interactions so that they can then bombard your with targeted advertising.
	One of the benefits is that <strong>you become a part of the broadcasting of the videos you are watching</strong>. If other people are watching a PeerTube video at the same time as you, as long as your tab remains open, your browser shares bits of that video and you participate in a healthier use of the Internet.
	March 11, 2021
	Peertube is not subject to any corporate monopoly, does not rely on ads and <strong>does not track you.</strong>
	Video publication after moderation
	Most importantly, <strong>you are a person to PeerTube, not a product in need of profiling so as to be stuck in video loops.</strong> For example, PeerTube doesn't use any biased recommendation algorithms to keep you online for hours on end.
	March 24, 2021
	Views are buffered, so don't panic if the view counter stays the same after you watched a video.
	May 27, 2020
	All of this is made possible by Peertube's free/libre license (GNU-AGPL). Its code is a digital "common", that belongs to everybody, instead of a secret formula that belongs to Google (in the case of Youtube) or to Vivendi/Bolloré (Dailymotion). This free/libre license <strong>guarantees our fundamental freedoms as users and allows many contributors to offer evolutions and new features.</strong>
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	With PeerTube, choose <strong>your hosting company and the rules you believe in.</strong>
	Meanwhile, we have developed an information message system which allow PeerTube instance administrators to display information to people who visit it. This is very handy to indicate that your instance will be in maintenance on a certain day at a certain time and that the service may be disrupted.
	YouTube has clearly gone astray: its hoster, Google-Alphabet, can enforce its ContentID system (the infamous "Robocopyright") or its videos recommendation system, all of which appear to be as obscure as unfair.