Notices by EngiQueering (engiqueering@gaygeek.social)

@dandylover1 @peertube I fully agree about the use of the term "instance" rather than "server", and I wholeheartedly agree that "platform" is the term people use when talking about a service as a whole. I would even go as far as to say that the Peertube network of servers *is* a platform, just a decentralized one. Calling every server a "platform" is going to be more confusing than helpful for new users, in my opinion.

@peertube for iOS, have you considered restricting instances on your "explore" tab to local-only view for the whitelisted servers and allowing us to add servers like on android?

I ask because I was able to land on a server that has "naked news" on their "featured" tab through a video on a whitelisted platform, which might explain why the app stores keep pushing back against you guys. Practically zero reviewers will know how to find objectionable content if they have to know a server address.

@peertube No, apple devices are required to use the managed app store, however an iOS app was promised last year (https://joinpeertube.org/news/peertube-future-2024)

I know several people who *want* to use peertube regularly, but the lack of a mobile app is a barrier to entry. Currently there *no* iOS peertube client but several Android ones (Thorium, P2Play, etc), it is a serious problem for adoption that half the mobile market has no native app

@peertube yes, will the unlocked iOS version come out alongside the unlocked android version?

@peertube is there a timeline for an iOS version as well?

@peertube very frustrating that the first priority here wasn’t making it possible to log into an instance, or at least manually add your favorites. Trying to be optimistic here but this preview is unusable for me (literally none of the instances I watch videos from are here), and seems like it’s taking a very “walled garden” approach that feels antithetical to the whole point of the federated net