• Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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        9 months ago

        YouTube is the only platform that I don’t think I’ll be able to quit any time soon. Hosting video on that kind of scale requires insane amounts of capitol, and P2P isn’t reliable enough, and I say this as someone who has streamed torrents before and has tried out PeerTube.

        Also even if there was an alternative, having an alternative for creator monitization is even more difficult. LBRY and D-Tube tried to do it with cryptocurrency, but both of those projects seem to have fizzled out (and I think one is flooded with fascists nowadays).

        • Aggravationstation@lemmy.world
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          9 months ago

          Do you mean for posting content or watching it?

          If it’s just watching there’s plenty of alternatives. Newpipe and YMusic on Android are pretty awesome. Also there’s Freetube on desktop and Invidious.

      • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Facebook definitely came with withdrawals. That one was tough. But five years later, I can’t imagine ever going back.

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          9 months ago

          I set up a firefox shortcut for my instance with keyword “r” so that if I type “r+enter” I get startrek.website. Putting that unwanted muscle memory to good use.

        • NaturalViber@lemmy.world
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          9 months ago

          Man, this is one I am on the way out of. Late, I know. But I genuinely keep up with friends and family there, also facebook marketplace has taken over the game.