There's a giant flaw in your model.

Only 1 public IP is allowed per viewing instance and autoplay does not work 24/7. This is all airtime is about, it's not just a dumb stopwatch. So what it really comes down to is this, best case take the cheapest VM you can find, and that is your break-even that you have to hit monthly. Currently the cheapest you'll find for 1 core + 1GB RAM is around $6 per month.
Hi there, glad to see some answer from you guys. I really enjoy your project and hope only for the best. I have 2 affirmations that I need to put out to your reply:
1. When you meant that only one IP is allowed per viewing instance you mean that only one member of an household can watch and earn tubes? In this case it kinda sucks considering that usually more than one member of the family watches videos simultaneously .
2. Currently I`m playing bit.tube videos both from the Raspberry and my PC(different accounts) and they work great. I mean I can try buying multiple Raspberry`s and see how it goes but I prefer investing that money in more TUBEs

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I will see how long autoplay lasts, but if its more than 8 hours than I dont see any problems. I mean when I had some rigs I would remote connect to them more often than that.
Welcome to the project.
1. We will introduce verification levels to allow more people on 1 IP (phone number verification all the way up to KYC relating to our debit card launch). It's an even bigger deal for university campuses for example. Keep an eye on the weekly updates.
2. If multiple machines watch on the same IP it'll result in rejected Airtime, but it's fine if it's one or the other.
Autoplay stops after 2.5h of non-activity.