So, given AI is destroying YT, if you’re any sort of a creator at all, even if you just have some random posts from years ago that you uploaded with no intention of getting popular, you really should move your stuff to PeerTube, ideally on a self-hosted instance if you have the hardware to spare, while you still can, because things are only going to get worse for YT.
Even Odysee is a decent alternative if you want more traction, but PeerTube is more ideal as an alternative platform due to having the ability to self-host an instance there and have complete control of your content and presence down to owning the infrastructure you’re posting on.
If you want people to actually watch your videos, you have to put them on YouTube. That’s where audiences are. PeerTube is a ghost town, and I honestly doubt it could ever reach the point of becoming a serious competitor to YouTube.
And if you’re a creator who relies on YouTube to make a living, PeerTube will never, ever, ever be viable for that.
And hope AI don’t cannibalize your viewers anyways, which it probably will with the way it’s being pushed over there, including by Google themselves.
Meanwhile PeerTube and even Odysee doesn’t have the problem of AI cannibalizing viewership.
Also, YT’s ad revenue system is effectively an MLM, or at least adjacent to one; the only way you’ll make it in the algorithm is by getting a huge downline, or in this case getting a ton of subscribers under you who will then spread your stuff around, and the MLM comparison comes from making a whole bunch of slop to get people sucked in; MLMs typically sell wares of low quality at best to wares that are outright dangerous at worst to give off an air of legitimacy when they’re really just a pyramid scheme. YT’s algorithm operates similarly.
Meanwhile crowdfunding and even creator-driven premium platforms like Nebula pay out more than YT’s ad revenue system will.
Your fear is ridiculous. Shed all viewers on YouTube instead to prevent losing some.