I’m not in love with YouTube, and it only lets me upload a small number a day. Is there a good alternative?
Google photos. Google drive. OneDrive. Dropbox.
Good list, but don’t forget Box.com
Also, I prefer Vimeo for personal videos. But they also have upload limits.
You can share on Google photos (it does video too) and you can send it to people without accounts I think
- Peertube
- Streamable
Maybe not quite on the spot, but a Storage Share (hosted nextclous) from Hetzner might be an option.
Bonus features and info: You can also share other files, location, calendars, contacts etc. They have a compliant data protection agreement, so fully GDPR compliant.
Hetzner Storage Share: https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share
Thank you
https://mega.nz has 20GB limit on free, also videos can be viewed directly without download.
Might be a good choice, thanks
Pick a Pixelfed instance and get them into the Fediverse at the same time
Does this keep them private, and accessible by URL to friends and family who don’t have accounts?
I assume if OP is sharing videos to friends and family they don’t want them public, and of course they won’t want all those friends and family to have to sign up for accounts just to be able to view them.
You can upload something and mark it “unlisted” so that only those who have the URL (and obviously the admins) can see the videos.
Vimeo
PeerTube might be good
If you’re not really into the fediverse thing, try Vimeo or something, you know, just as an archive of your personal stuff or something
Odysee is a FOSS video hosting site built like YouTube.
Unfortunately it’s also a hotspot for right wing conspiracy theories and racism. I tried it for awhile and was completely baffled by what they allowed.
At one point they updated their terms of service to ban racism and it was the most disliked community post they’d ever made.
It’s been like a year tho so maybe it’s better now
It’s sadly the same. Odysee has become an alt-right cesspool with people actively trying to fight science and research.
That sounds about right for a platform based on the block chain.
I’ve never seen any of that. I would assume you’d have to go looking to find it. I just subscribe to comedy and tech channels. They’re pretty much the same channels I subscribe to on YouTube. I just try to use alternatives to YouTube whenever I can.
Mega, Filen
Not quite the question, but depending on how exactly you want to share, you could just enable a web server on one of your devices, forward a port, and host it yourself until they have the files.
Hmmm, an option. I’ll think about that one.
Telegram. Set up a Telegram group, upload the videos there. Have full control over who sees the videos.
Don’t use Telegram.
Why?
Russian bots and disinformation, shady business practices, hosting on Tencent servers, etc.
Those are definitely issues, but are they really a problem for what OP wants to do?
Yes, as the chinese have access to Tencent’s services and are not to be trusted with your personal data
How does this work if the friends and family don’t use that particular instant messenger, or have a smartphone (don’t forget that many older people have simple phones or use them in simple ways, and a PC)?
Can they access the photos and videos with external links? If so, that sounds reasonable. Assuming OP is able to transfer the photos and videos to their phone for this too, I think telegram is just a phone application but I’m not entirely sure.
