• @iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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    05 days ago

    Not just catalog for viewing. What other platform can I use as cloud storage for video files for free? I have hundreds of hours of stuff uploaded there.

    • @null@slrpnk.net
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      05 days ago

      What other platform can I use as cloud storage for video files for free?

      None. YouTube included.

    • Snot Flickerman
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      5 days ago

      What other platform can I use as cloud storage for video files for free?

      If it’s free, you are the product (ad views), not the consumer (ad sales). Suck it up and pay for hard drives.

      • @iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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        05 days ago

        I have many hard drives, and none of the videos are monetized or even publically listed. As I said, it’s my cloud storage, my offsite backup.

        • Snot Flickerman
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          05 days ago

          And I’m saying you’re not paying for it, and that’s the problem. Everyone got way too comfortable with getting “free” shit from corporations that would trample our rights the second it became convenient for them.

          • @iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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            05 days ago

            If I’m using YT as cloud backup storage for hundreds of hours of video that is unlisted, unmonetized, how am I helping them trample rights?

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              5 days ago

              Their ability to trample rights because of how much profit they make from horrible content is directly related to their ability to give you that space for free. “I’m not directly contributing” is a real weak excuse to keep using it, in my personal opinion.

      • @iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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        05 days ago

        They are all stored on local hdds, in fact I have two copies locally. I said it’s my cloud storage, my backup off site.

          • @iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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            05 days ago

            Except I do, because I don’t have off site storage. 3-2-1 my friend. If my house burnt down, without the cloud storage I’d lose everything. Separate local copies is good for defending against disk failure.

            • @Arkouda@lemmy.ca
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              05 days ago

              If your data isn’t worth a few bucks to secure maybe it isn’t worth the redundancies in the first place. Keep making excuses and hope they keep allowing you to access your data “for free” or at all.