• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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    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.

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        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.

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            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.

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              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.

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

      None. YouTube included.

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        I mean, I do use YT as cloud storage for free. And before you say the “nothing is free line,” note my other replies.

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          Nope. The admin of sh.itjust.works lets you use their storage for free. Google does not.

          There are things that are free, Youtube is not one of them.

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            Okay, as I said in my other replies, the videos are unlisted, not monetized, and I don’t pay for it. What is not free about that?

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      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.

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        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.

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          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.

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            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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              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.