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There's Peertube as an alternative. It lacks some content, but the platform is on par. It is developed by a French association called Framasoft. Thus said, you're right, Youtube is still okay, even thus there are some fake videos and scam, but they are easy to avoid.
Peertube sucks ass, so much content simply not even there, most videos don't work or they're in either mostly french or russian, and this is on the biggest instances.
Now I might be stupid, but I really don't see how peertube is an alternative. Odysee or rumble are my personal best bets, but in case of youtube it's hard to find a real alternative in my opinion. Especially as a creator.
I agree. I don't use it for these reasons. But technologically speaking, it's an open source alternative.
I hate to break it to you, but even as an open source advocate, open source alone, doesn't mean it's better automatically; Atleast not for the uses you (the consumer) need to fulfill. Though the argument about privacy holds very much up here, and it's simply better in all aspects in regards to that.
Also many open source programs and apps, and everything in between, that I've come across, lacks basic features, which, atleast for my sake, turns my off almost instantly.