Still undecided about #PeerTube. I'd really like to use it as a creator, but apparently non of the interesting Instances allow for account registration directly.

Then there's some for artistic content that downscale all videos to 720p. I mean, WTF, it's almost 2025 and this is a sure way to scare off people doing serious video work. Even my old camera from 2018 that bought used for 260€ records 4k.

We talk a lot about how the #Fediverse is a good place and not suffering #enshittification like #YouTube, but after approx. 3hrs of looking at user uploads as well as terms and conditions of server instances, I'm at the Houston point:

We have a problem.