Its pretty sad how that's the case with a lot of these things. Same thing with trying to get into Linux (thank god I'm stubborn motherfucker and didn't give up). One would think that these people would like more users, viewers, participants but often it feels like they are actively trying to scare people off. I've learned to just start using these things, either I learn with time or find someone who is willing to give advice or I decide its not worth the hassle.

And just so the nerds don't feel too attacked, its not just computer stuff that have these kinds of people. Ask anyone who has done their own car repairs and they'll tell you that the car forums are also filled people who answer questions with "if you don't know how to do X, you should take your car to a proper mechanic!" etc.

100%

Good thing I'm a stubborn bastard and get joy from pestering the gatekeeping arseholes lol

Oh that does look nicer, more clear/simple than Mastodon.

Discoverability remains a problem. It’s not easy to find new channels

I guess this is one thing that is good about Mastodon, theres a account that collects channel from suggestions and posts them, helping with discovering new stuff. https://mastodon.social/@FediVideo@social.growyourown.services

Yeah it works really well with piefed.

Each service has different features. But the way they implement the features can be different and may not be interoperable with each other.

That said, you can subscribe to Peertube channels on Lemmy. New videos will show up like any other post on your feed.

I usually just watch through Mastodon, you can play the videos through there. If I want to check the users other videos I click to the Peertube site. But yeah, comments and following is done via Mastodon.