Hi everyone, I’ve been following the de-google-ify internet campaign of framasoft for several years now and have replace a lot of GAFAM services doing so but the only service I’m truly struggling with replacing is youtube.
I could never find anything with enough interesting content and I always find myself going back to youtube.
What about you?
- did you stop using youtube?
- where do you go instead?
- do you just spend less time watching videos?
I prefer decentralized solutions but any FLOSS alternative is a good start.
Even though there’s certainly a whole lot of “bad” or “junk” content, there’s also many really good creators, mostly in the essay/informative/science area. For me, there’s simply no better alternative from a content standpoint; YouTube is, unfortunately, unparalleled… If you want, I can list some channels I find worthwhile, for you to check out, in case you’re interested.
PeerTube has potential but needs to work more on onboarding, content discovery and curation. LBRY/Odysee/D.Tube are way too centralized and tied to cryptocurrencies which makes me uncomfortable.
Being a big fan of the fediverse PeerTube was my first choice but I could never find an instance with enough apealing content or any discovery service that could help me find good content scattered on all existing instances.
people create content for youtube because they make money off youtube. from what pretty much everyone claims, their algorithms and content discovery/curation is unfair and mainly highlights content that will make both google and the user more click revenue (by giving space to already popular users). peertube etc. do not reward content creators and thus do not see as many willing to produce content, as well as having less viewers in general, creating a catch-22. the world today is sadly all about monetizing your hobbies and exposition to monetize yourself.