I have been toying with the idea of various types of videos, including intermediate level painting videos, video game retrospectives, and some personal worldbuilding project videos. I don’t want to feed the YouTube machine, but also don’t want unsustainable expenses. I’ve looked at a few of the various not-YouTube alternatives but it is difficult for me to get a good read on that landscape.
I’ve watched some things on odysee, but also heard some pretty problematic things. I don’t recall the details but I think they have had issues with filtering neonazis and something about sketchy ownership. Hopefully someone here will correct me.
That being said, there are some open source and privacy communicators there. Louis Rossman and Naomi Brockwell come to mind.