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YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs
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this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2025
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Stop uploading content to YouTube - there are other hosts
Sure. You could upload it to peer-tube, and have it be seen by a whole 11 people!
There was a time Youtube videos would only be seen by 11 people. But it grew because people posted videos anyway.
It grew because it was the only platform that did it.
If you want views, you have to go where the viewers are. Current alternatives are sorely lacking.
If you want the smaller platforms to grow, you do need to post there, but ignoring the existing giant won't get you seen unfortunately. At the very least, you should do both.
YouTube was not the only platform back then but I agree it dwarfs what is around now
there were very very very few platforms where you could post and share streaming video online when YouTube was new.
it was certainly the only free option. the internet was quite young then if you don't remember.
other platforms rose up around their success, but I'm pretty sure YouTube was more or less unique when it started.
Wasn't dailymotion and liveleak around before YouTube? And it took YouTube some time before it became the mammoth it is now
I was going to say vimeo but checked the dates to make sure I remembered right - looks like it was up even before youtube 2004 vs 2005.
oh wow, i thought for sure it came later. i should stop making snap comments when m waking up.
In this case, you could upload it to YouTube where it will be taken down and seen by a whole no people
No no. It'll still be seen by thousands before it's taken down.
Thousands of bots.
Also it has to get around the many rules Youtube itself has for the all mighty algorithm.
Honestly, at this point people should use Pornhub.
Microsoft Account gets FUCKED by huge command line penetration
As a Floridian, I have to use a VPN for that.
Blocked in 23 states, unless you want to hand over your digital ID.
Contrary to popular American belief, the USA is not the center of the Universe
no one cares about the plights of those living in backwater stone age dictatorships. the modern world must move forward on its own.
we Americans have to get used to being left behind and left out of conversations by real adults now.
I don't care if anything I've ever posted is blocked in 50 states. Americans assume they are the center of the world.
they're not important
What's wrong with that?
That would be great for those 11 people.
Hey man, the playing-pinball-while-a-cat-interferes peertube community is very close-knit (https://video.apz.fi/).
I kid, but it's true that peertube lacks the dopamine hooks and variety that youtube does. It's much harder to sink hours into watching a bunch of videos that you'll only half remember by the next day.
Why not both, it's not like The Internet Police will stop you.
A little ironic that this comment posted on Lemmy (tiny competitor to reddit)
Viewers go where the content is, yes, but you don't get content on alternative sites if you don't post there.
YouTube in the old days was awesome. Then Google happened to it. When it first started it was quite small.
Principles matter!
Better yet, this would be much better and easier to host as written instructions.