@reiver The apparent 40 mb limit for media attachments on many Mastodon servers makes this a hard sell. At @occrp, we routinely have to produce a dedicated version of videos for Mastodon that stay below that limit, lest posts with media won't publish. I know this is a local server limit, but it seems most servers have comparable ones. Linking to video platforms is fine, but if one wants to cross-post with platforms that favor local attachments over external links, you'll almost certainly be crafting separate versions specifically for Mastodon. And uploading a video to YouTube every time adds an extra step where mainstream platforms allow you to just include the file with the post and be done.