Yeah man, it sucks. We won’t miss Twitter because there are alternatives, i think the fediverse has the potential to be less predatory and more stable over time while facing its own issues; but for YouTube, i got nothing. Video hosting is expensive, there’s no way around it, whether it’s for centralized servers or enthusiasts running their own instance.
There is PeerTube, which is kind of the Fediverse’s answer to YouTube.
It doesn’t really fit to YouTube the same way Mastodon fits Twitter and Lemmy fits Reddit, but it’s relatively well used outside of the West, due to local governments blocking YouTube etc.
Still there’s no way around the fact that hosting videos is expensive and someone has to pay for it. It seems like PeerTube mostly contains small private instances where people host their own content. If you find an instance that allows you to upload videos, then it’s up to the administrator to decide what content is allowed. I feel like I can still trust YouTube more that my videos won’t disappear some day. You can of course create your own instance. I don’t know if that would be the way to go then.
Yeah man, it sucks. We won’t miss Twitter because there are alternatives, i think the fediverse has the potential to be less predatory and more stable over time while facing its own issues; but for YouTube, i got nothing. Video hosting is expensive, there’s no way around it, whether it’s for centralized servers or enthusiasts running their own instance.
There is PeerTube, which is kind of the Fediverse’s answer to YouTube.
It doesn’t really fit to YouTube the same way Mastodon fits Twitter and Lemmy fits Reddit, but it’s relatively well used outside of the West, due to local governments blocking YouTube etc.
Still there’s no way around the fact that hosting videos is expensive and someone has to pay for it. It seems like PeerTube mostly contains small private instances where people host their own content. If you find an instance that allows you to upload videos, then it’s up to the administrator to decide what content is allowed. I feel like I can still trust YouTube more that my videos won’t disappear some day. You can of course create your own instance. I don’t know if that would be the way to go then.