@neal Hi! I just read your post over at https://typica.us/typica/2018/01/17/youtube-being-youtube.html and wonder whether you've considered PeerTube for video hosting. There's no monetization path there (unless you host your own instance, don't federate, and paywall the access, anyway), but it seems like a free and low-hassle way to keep YT from making money off of *you* while still being able to easily publish shareable, linkable content and drive traffic to Typica.
I'll come check out your shop next time I'm in Racine!
@yomimono I've just recently become aware of PeerTube and it does seem to check all the boxes in terms of things that I was concerned about when considering self-hosting. The videos only bring in ~$100/yr so losing that isn't that big a concern if it's me opting out of that vs. them just screwing people over. There would be some work to do removing music that I'm only licensed to use on YouTube (not that I think anybody would even notice) but it might be worth it to not have to care about YT.
