@randahl the downside is that YouTube is owned by US fascists... It's hard to say on one hand 'let's boycott the US' and be happy being fed by them... Isn't there a way, a platform you could make money from without feeding the beast?

@Randahl Fink I love your posts here on the Fedi, and I've seen a few of your videos.

But because I absolutely detest Google and their business model, I will never ever watch anything on YT directly, only through means that strip out all the surveillance crap and the ads.

I'd love to chip in, you do good work and it would only be reasonable that you get compensated for your time and work. But not through this parasitic company that earns a lot more money from your work than you, while at the same time screwing all your viewers over.

I don't have an easy solution for that, unfortunately. You could very easily publish your videos on PeerTube, which doesn't do any nasty Google stuff, but it also doesn't monetize your work.

@randahl Thank you for the information you have been providing, particularly concerning the Russia / Ukraine war. Given the poor coverage of that conflict provided by mainstream media your content is even more valuable.