Videos… on YouTube!? (Or Peertube?)

(Note: I thought I published this one back in July! I guess not… it was sitting in the “Drafts” folder. So here ya go!) I mentioned I recently got a 360 camera and I’ve been having some fun recording videos of my bike rides. There’s a playlist called: Bike Riding. It’s on YouTube. Sigh… What!? Not on Peertube!? Okay, so what is Peertube? Check out joinpeertube.org. (And maybe read the docs.) PeerTube is a federated video platform. Like Mastodon is for short form posting. (See there used to be a web site called “Twitter” but it’s a Nazi site now…) See peertube.tv, but also peer.tube… and maybe tilvids.com, and makertube.net, and even urbanists.video. PeerTube is clearly a good alternative to Corporate Video Platforms like YouTube. Viva La Federation! But also… things cost money. I thought about using a PeerTube server for my videos, but a few things made me have pause. I have absolutely no intention of “monetizing my content”. I don’t want to make money from these videos. I just want a…