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.
- Peertube
- Streamable
You can share on Google photos (it does video too) and you can send it to people without accounts I think
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.
https://mega.nz has 20GB limit on free, also videos can be viewed directly without download.
Might be a good choice, thanks
Maybe not quite on the spot, but a Storage Share (hosted nextcloud) 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, and are fully GDPR compliant.
Hetzner Storage Share: https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share
Thank you
Mega, Filen
Looks like I have some choices to poke into - haven’t heard of either one.
Vimeo
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.
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.
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
Dailymotion maybe ?
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
