Post #394077

I've reached the point where I'm just really fucking done with the corporate internet. It might take some time for me to find viable replacements for everything I use corporate tools for, but I plan to just eventually go as all-in on the open web as possible. Of course, for now, Steam remains the exception. The power of not having investors to please, I suppose. Please just don't let Gaben die anytime soon! YouTube is also gonna be a bitch to replace. I know Peertube is there, and I want it to work out, but unfortunately I can see YouTube is entrenched for a very good reason, and Google is content to exploit that. And it's frustrating. (A side note to this point is once I find a Peertube to sign up for, eventually I would like to start hosting streams and uploading vods to said instance. This feels like one area I can contribute directly to the solution.) Discord screensharing is another frustrating feature to find a viable alternative for. My polycule and I often stream games to each other as a way to spend time with one another, but finding a solution that is convenient and easy enough for the non-tech-savvy members of my 'cule to figure out and able to stream both video and audio on Linux has proven difficult. Regardless, this feels like something I can achieve within a reasonable timeframe, and with Discord's recent bullshit, I'm more motivated than ever to accomplish this.