I mean, I pay for Nebula but honestly I don't even use it most of the time. The content is pretty limited, even if I do like a lot of it. I still end up on Youtube instead, just because that's where everyone posts.

There probably is some sort of middle-ground to be found. Maybe a niche website that takes certain kind of content and an audience specifically geared toward it, or one that's more community-oriented and takes steps to weed out the huge amount of AI content that's on Youtube at this point. I haven't really seen that actually work, yet, though. Maybe something like a Nebula or a Dropout but with better access for the average user who wants to post their own content would be a decent solution.

I haven't really seen Peertube do that, though.