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I host a simpler youtube alternative based on https://www.mediacms.io/

It's not a perfect platform, but generally does well enough from my home server and a gigabit fiber connection.

These are good alternatives to have, but a solid chunk of the "youtube economy" is about selling ad time so creators can make a living creating content. I hate ads as much as the next person but we need to recognize that the issue is not purely technical.

Definitely, hard to compete with YouTube as a revenue source. That being said, my instance is mainly for digitizing and hosting old VHS tapes from my family so they don't get lost over the years. No need for advertising there :)

Isn't that what the web archive is for?

You're not thinking fourth dimensionally!

Youtube used to have quality content (dare i say, content of much higher originality and quality) in times when there was no monetization yet

That's now on my to-do list, thanks for pointing it out. It looks clean and simple but with some nice features.

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