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Right. OP didn't specify it has to be a technical shortcoming... or easy to solve. So I just said what I think is the biggest issue. Because I really think the platform itself, and the software are great. And still constantly improving.
I think this is really difficult to impossible to overcome. Other for-profit platforms have failed at this. Even the big players like Youtube, TikTok etc needed a huge pile of money, investors and an unethical business model to succeed. And I'm pretty sure we don't want that with PeerTube.
I think what we currectly, realistically can do is have a few big content creators do it for fun. And host their stuff on PeerTube. But that needs some other motivation than making money.
Ultimately, the majority of the worth or value of a platform like this isn't in the program code. But in the content and userbase. And I think that's where the focus needs to be when we want to grow or improve it for the potential users.