From what I learned, you need to find a instance that lets you make a non-creator account, if you just want to view videos, not create them.

I also learned that apparently you shouldn’t make a account but use Mastodon to subscribe and keep track of the channels you like. Third thing I learned is, its all so fucking confusing, I don’t know what to do and if I ask for guidance in the wrong place I get told I’m a moron and probably a asshole as well (which is true but that’s besides the point).

I ended up doing the Mastodon thing. Seems to be working.

So, you are watching via peertube but comment/follow on mastodon? 😂

I usually just watch through Mastodon, you can play the videos through there. If I want to check the users other videos I click to the Peertube site. But yeah, comments and following is done via Mastodon.

Didn’t know this. Sad it has to be this confusing. I was hoping to finally have a youtube contender.

Yeah sadly that’s the nature of it being decentralized, I guess.

But just FYI, from what I understand, if you write a comment in Mastodon, it is visible in peertube… I think…? Not sure. So if you want to get rid of youtube, just start with watching Peertube whatever way you feel is best for you. I’d suggest Mastodon, its pretty simple and good looking way to do it.