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 think there was a plan at one point, but yeah. Not one of OPs requirements, but something we should all consider.
The videos are going to go somewhere. YouTube is not ideal, and peertube is basically still closed unless OP is lucky enough to get onto a stable instance.
Vimeo is basically for corporate video hosting now. DailyMotion might be an option although I never really used it.
I’d guess odysee is one of the better alternatives