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    In the case of Odyssee it was founded by a far right extremest. It also isn’t decentralized at all so you can’t easily stand up a different instance.

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      I assume you’re talking about Kauffman, who is the founder of LBRY, but that relationship ended when LBRY lost a lawsuit and Odysee was acquired. It is decentralized, using arweave for video hosting and a blockchain for video metadata.

      The main issue w/ Odysee is its near complete lack of moderation, which allows extremists, conspiracy theorists, and other undesirables to earn money. This is because Odysee gives creators the power to moderate their channels, unlike YouTube where most of that is reserved for the platform itself. Odysee is about as free-speech as you get, and that unfortunately allows less desirable content.

      My understanding is that Odysee is essentially what you get if you have P2P (not federated) PeerTube w/ a profit motive.