Why can't PeerTube simply display a directly embedded video if no JS is able to run?Is it a technical issue or a laziness issue?

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Why can't PeerTube simply display a directly embedded video if no JS is able to run?

Is it a technical issue or a laziness issue?

▶Anonymous 03/28/19 (Thu) 02:50:22 No.1046017>>1046040 >>1046074

It's a lazyness issue. If I can youtube-dl a peertube video, it shouldn't require JS. The JS is only required for the webtorrent seeding.

>It's a lazyness issue. If I can youtube-dl a peertube video, it shouldn't require JS.

Are you retarded?

▶Anonymous 03/28/19 (Thu) 07:59:32 No.1046074

youtube-dl works on it? Great. I shouldn't be surprised.

Nice rebuttal, doublenigger.

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