Oddbean new post about login | logout Is zap.stream the closest thing to twitch for nostr? Who is hosting the stream and would they have the same pressures to censor copyright content? Being a giganerd, private servers in video games have peaked my interests; especially when the community devs are more competent at creating a genuine fun experience than the original game company. The fiat effect. Streaming private servers to twitch is the fastest way to a ban/copyright strike. Does zap.stream actually fix this?
yes, it's our twitch and youtube competitor. it's hosted by @Kieran.
What do you mean by private servers
Wow for example has the blizzard sponsored servers which you pay subscription for. There are numerous community built private servers offering different versions of the game, some original & some modded, which offer a different experience and are typically free. These servers are gaining in popularity as blizzard is incompetent in actually delivering a game/community that people like and want to play on. Blizzard is definitely working with twitch/YouTube to remove all content from said private servers. Content creators can’t stream these private servers on centralized streaming platforms without risk of ban. Here’s an example of a private server. https://x.com/turtlewowteam/status/1811325435562672291?s=46&t=-NV56P9nSz0w8otFoURH8g
Well zap.stream is still new so it's unlikely that we would gain the attention of content owners, even so, zap.stream can be obliged to take down certain streams, there is however the option to do a "manual stream" using another provider and still interact with that stream on any of the supporting clients. You could host your own stream like @SoccerStreamstr🏴☠️ or use another service like Cloudflare Stream, Mux or any other streaming provider supporting HLS stream outputs