Ah okay, this is what I was thinking of.

Sounds like Peertube admins can also proactively choose to mirror videos from other instances too?

Very nice. Would be cool to get some kind of massive user influx and see how well it does under load.

How does the p2p work? I thought there was a bittorrent-like aspect to it but what you’re describing sounds different.

As far as I know the p2p only potentially applies when >1 global users are watching a video simultaneously.

edit: am I wrong? I thought they had bittorrent-like swarming.

the problem lies within the underlying protocol.

The problem lies with Gargron doing what Gargron does, implementing whatever the f he wants for “the Mastodon network” and not giving a crap how it affects the health of the overall fediverse.

Hell, this isn’t even the first time there’s been drama over Mastodon’s advisory post scopes, not by a long shot. I kinda wish I’d saved receipts from the last couple times, some highly experienced devs have chimed in in the past.