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A lot of creators I watch are YouTube exclusive with their content.
If they were on Peertube, I'd delete YouTube in a heartbeat.
But I also understand that a lot of them make their living off ad revenue, so I don't blame them for staying.
You can also check out nebula. A good chunk of them are there.
Why commit to them instead of finding alternative creators on a different platform?
There is no substitute for Hank Green.
Fine. Name alternatives for what YouTube is mostly used for and I'll be the first to take your advise.
We are talking vlogs on huge amounts of topics, product reviews and unboxings, reaction videos, how-to tutorials, gaming videos (walkthroughs, live streams, etc.), ASMR and relaxation content, educational and explainer videos for science, history and finance... and so on.
There's simply no true alternative.
What are you into?
The above.
My circle of family, friends and others will extend the list to music videos, health care (mental health and wellness, for example), the shorts, movie trailers, even Hallmark movies.
There is no platform other than YouTube that combines all this crazy amount of content.
There's PeerTube with notoriously difficult onboarding for the average user and limited content, there's Loops with extremely limited content.. I really wish it were different.
Maybe one day existing platforms will rise. Looking at you, VIMEO, Kick, DailyMotion, DTube...
Name one
What are you into?
Doesn't matter. Name a single FREE alternative to YouTube with content worth watching.
Depends on the content you're wanting to watch.
See, you can't even just name something. Because it doesn't exist.
So you're looking for a service that spoon feeds you non-specific videos?
Do you have no opinions yourself? I don't care what's on it; what alternatives do you think exist?
I can give you the alternative if you tell me what you want to watch?
Videos.
12 hours later. Whatcha got?
How about mtg gameplay, video game speedruns, beat battles, and vtubers? That's pretty much all I use YouTube for these days, but I'd love to drop it completely.
Photography, Star trek, fountain pens
I do cosplay, dollhouses, and dioramas, and peertube is pretty dead on that front.