that’s totally valid. I don’t really use peertube and so my question is, since the program doesn’t have that many users anyways, how many creators are relying on getting views from their own instance? I thought they just advertise their channel to outside platforms

totally, but nothing is stopping you from moving to another one while still having access to the protocol. or if you can afford it, starting your own

yeah this is a bit like musicians or authors complaining that nobody buys their CDs and hardcovers anymore.

YouTube can kick you to the curb just for saying fuck and demonetizing you

this lead me to discover that there’s a Reddit-like client for Bluesky. That’s genuinely a great feature that they are open enough for that