Wow! I didn’t know

It does need a server though. Either the centralized official one you can selfhost one.

a long runway that allows us to become profitable when needed

Switch to self-hosting headscale when they enshittify in an attempt to become profitable, duh

You’re right, I didn’t even think of that

GrayJay has a peertube plugin which works well.

I clear cookies in my browser on exit. Because I want to clear most cookies.

I have dedicated apps for services where I don’t want to log in every time, even when they have a web version, because of the above.

I know this can be done with firefox settings (at least on desktop) but thats a hassle.