I’m not in love with YouTube, and it only lets me upload a small number a day. Is there a good alternative?
Google photos. Google drive. OneDrive. Dropbox.
Is Google drive free? I’ve avoided it because it seemed like it had a low free limit.
- Peertube
- Streamable
You can share on Google photos (it does video too) and you can send it to people without accounts I think
Pick a Pixelfed instance and get them into the Fediverse at the same time
I wish the people downvoting would explain why. I’m not familiar with pixelfed.
People are probably downvoting because Pixelfed is meant to be a community platform, not a file host. Using it to dump large files onto without ever expecting to engage in the community is using up somebody else’s resources selfishly, making Pixelfed a poor choice for your stated purposes.
Does this keep them private, and accessible by URL to friends and family who don’t have accounts?
I assume if OP is sharing videos to friends and family they don’t want them public, and of course they won’t want all those friends and family to have to sign up for accounts just to be able to view them.
Maybe not quite on the spot, but a Storage Share (hosted nextcloud) from Hetzner might be an option.
Bonus features and info: You can also share other files, location, calendars, contacts etc. They have a compliant data protection agreement, and are fully GDPR compliant.
Hetzner Storage Share: https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share