Welcome to the November-December 2019 LBRY Development update! In this post we’ll show you what we’ve been up to since our [last update in October](https://lbry.com/news/dev-oct19). Sit tight, there’s been lots of progress and releases, including updates from the Apps (Desktop, lbry.tv, and Mobile), SDK, and blockchain teams!
To read previous updates, please visit our [Development and Community Update archive](https://lbry.com/news/category/community-update).
If you want to see a condensed view of what we've completed recently and what’s planned for LBRY, check out our [Roadmap](https://lbry.com/roadmap). We’re currently getting our priorities together to provide a look back at 2019 and provide an updated roadmap for 2020, stay tuned!
http://LBRY.io - LBRY CEO Jeremy Kauffman answers community questions in an ongoing "Video AMA" (Ask Me Anything!) series. Got a question for us? Leave it in the comments below or use #LBRYAMA on Facebook or Twitter!
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What *is* LBRY?
LBRY is a decentralized, open-source protocol that is controlled by its users. LBRY facilitates a similar experience to services like YouTube, Netflix, and Apple TV... but LBRY is entirely decentralized! Services like YouTube are centralized platforms controlled by a single corporate entity. These companies can change the rules unilaterally, as well as censor content to appease authoritarian governments or corporate partners. LBRY can never unilaterally change the rules on publishers or consumers, making it dramatically trustworthy.
The aforementioned video providers—along with P2P file-sharing clients like BitTorrent and IPFS—also do NOT support direct payments to publishers for the content or data they create and publish to the network; LBRY does, and LBRY also creates market incentives for data to be as widespread and available as possible!
LBRY also supports the sharing of free content, but if you are earning money from your videos on YouTube right now, you are likely familiar with the recent controversies over videos being “de-monetized” for containing content unfriendly to advertisers. It’s no surprise that YouTube caters to advertisers, because those are its ultimate customers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyuIKJgIxuA