@jwildeboer Also there is stuff like this (copyright legal liability - the thread is well-worth a read).
As I said, "running your own instance" can turn into a sh*tfest real fast even if you are willing and technically able. The vast majority of users should probably not do it for this reason alone.
@tomalak @jwildeboer EU has similar shit these days (DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/790), but AFAICS you don't have to filter uploads against copyright misuse unless you hit 1,000,000 users ...
@tomalak @jwildeboer Na, wouldn't happen. Just like uploadfilters will not become a necessity – as promised by Germany's CDU – within Germany.
(Spoiler: they became a necessity by law in Germany, as otherwise you'd need very advanced off-this-world magic to prevent copyright issues. Who would have guessed?)
@wusel @jwildeboer ...and like CCTV does nothing to prevent crime, while making everybody miserable, upload filters will do nothing to prevent copyright infringement, while making everybody miserable.
@tomalak @jwildeboer Ah, well, I think they can prevent me from uploading a current blockbuster or my video with a TopTen hit as background music.
More different to me would be the differentiation between lawful use of copyrighted content and it's unlawful use. Another reason I usually self-host my stuff ... 'cept for Insta :-(
@wusel @jwildeboer And that number is an arbitrary limit that *will* come down. Once the content mafia can realistically turn it into money, they will start lobbying at the EU parliament that oops, "1 million users" was actually meant to be "10 users".