>Why don’t people just not use YouTube if they don’t like the ads?
Simple: the videos they want to watch don't exist elsewhere. PeerTube doesn't help you if nobody you watch publishes to it.
I use PeerTube, I run my own instance. PeerTube really sucks compared to YouTube. Even with all of the enshittification and google crippling the service, the quantity, quality, and discoverability of videos on YouTube has no comparison at all anywhere.
People use YouTube for the reason they use anything: there simply is no viable alterative.
Whining at people to use PeerTube doesn't help. You have to convince people to publish there before anyone can use it.
Simple: the videos they want to watch don't exist elsewhere. PeerTube doesn't help you if nobody you watch publishes to it.
I use PeerTube, I run my own instance. PeerTube really sucks compared to YouTube. Even with all of the enshittification and google crippling the service, the quantity, quality, and discoverability of videos on YouTube has no comparison at all anywhere.
People use YouTube for the reason they use anything: there simply is no viable alterative.
Whining at people to use PeerTube doesn't help. You have to convince people to publish there before anyone can use it.