> Podcasts are built on an open standard, which is why they aren’t controlled by a bad algorithm and don’t have ads that spy on you

Of course they do, you can have regional ads depending on your IP. There are no "standards" "open" enough to kill ads And they are controlled by the same bad search/distribution algorithms any other type of mass media is

> and aren’t locked down to one app or platform

These exist as well, and sometimes the transition to a walled garden kills the historic catalogue

I have been working on an open-source application designed to be self-hosted, for transcoding video content into HLS and then playout out and remixing the HLS segments into RFC compliant HLS broadcasts, complete with commercial slots. It was mostly born out of frustration with Emby performing poorly when shuffling a playlist of different shows (periodically, a single transcode error results in being booted back to the library screen, without indication of which file it actually encountered an error playing) and a desire for a more retro, tv experience.

I have hesitated moving further on it mostly because I don't know if there's any demand or interest in such a thing, but theoretically it would be pretty easy to set up behind a CDN and get video distribution going.

An alternative for youtube would be nice, but also yeah valid points...