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[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

Store on a hard drive instead.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Sounds like you don't need cloud storage then.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 months ago

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

None. YouTube included.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

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

[-] null@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

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?

[-] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

Is money is the only thing about yourself that you ascribe value to?

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's not an answer to my question. What value are they getting from me?

[-] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Do you really not know how Google's business model works, or are you playing dumb?

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Why can you not give me a straight answer?

[-] null@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'll say this.

When I weigh the choice of handing over my personal videos to a company that is explicitly and actively going to use them to:

  • train and improve their massive corporate AI tools
  • develop their targeted ad platform (which is their real product)
  • build a comprehensive profile about me and my family

Or

Putting a NAS at a friends house, or paying a couple bucks a month for some block storage.

I end up preferring the second set of options. It's fine if you don't, but don't pretend you have no idea that your personal videos and information are valuable to Google.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Thank you for engaging the question more seriously but I still don't care for you tone to me. Good day.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

That's nice. Just exposing your dishonesty. Move along.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

Because, frankly, I don't think you're being honest.

[-] SnotFlickerman 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] SnotFlickerman 4 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

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?

[-] SnotFlickerman 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

Just here to say it’s fucking WILD that you’re being downvoted

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