I used to use cat box but it’s not reliable. Stream able works but doesn’t allow direct linking. Imgur sucks. Everything else I find is not free or doesn’t allow direct linking.

    • Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de
      5·
      15 hours ago

      Everyone suggests Peertube here, yet nobody uses it.

      I think the biggest problem is that it’s not integrated nicely. Only Piefed and maybe some Lemmy apps have an embedded player, which allows you to play the video without leaving the site. But most people will still have to open the link in a new tab, which is especially inconvenient on mobile apps. When I see a Peertube link, most of the time I don’t even bother opening it. Another issue is that if you want to upload a video, you first have to find a good instance and then create an account to do so.

      And even then, OP was looking for a site that allows direct linking (which would play natively in every app), something that Peertube does not allow. And most of the sites he mentioned, allow uploading without an account.

      So I think that Peertube is not a good suggestion here. At least not yet.

    • SethranKada@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      15 hours ago

      Sure, but the peertube on-boarding sucks. Its miles away from Lemmy or Mastodon. Its also way harder to self-host

      • Lucy :3@feddit.org
        5·
        15 hours ago

        Not really harder. Only naturally more demanding in computational power and storage space.

        • SethranKada@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          14 hours ago

          To be honest, all of the fediverse apps are too difficult to self-host. And yeah, the hardware requirements were what I was referring to. I should have been clearer, sorry.

      • Meldrik@lemmy.wtf
        2·
        12 hours ago

        PeerTube suffers from a lot of defragmentation. Only a few instances federates with a lot of other instances.

        With Lemmy or Mastodon, you can almost pick any instance and still be able to federate with anyone.