> extremely niche

Personally, I feel we're slowly moving beyond the mindset that one tool or service needs to "rule them all". I was recently very pleased to discover several online events I took part in were powered by PeerTube, and it just worked.

If an organization is looking to host a stream or offer virtual attendance of sorts, it feels like a no-brainer to pick something like PeerTube and avoid the data/algorithm behemoths.

Self-replicating objects always become the majority of objects. Corporations will always find out how to make sure their stuff is self-replicating for revenue. Individual creators won't.