Regarding the video upload & playback issues:
Yes, I have to say that many are frustrated that they delete videos. I understand that. However, we also have to know that we can host those ourselves too! (that's the whole point of decentralization). But, running IPFS nodes does cost some money, which many users who originally came from YouTube didn't like. (They're used to getting their videos hosted for "free"). Therefore, I decided to come up with an easy to use IPFS Discord bot that allows you to back up your videos to OneLoveDTube's community IPFS node. We offer pinning of 240p and 480p videos, but if they wish to backup their HD videos it would be a small monthly fee. Those videos get backed up to multiple servers in different geographical locations, so they're very decentralized.
Currently there is only one way to upload videos to DTube, which is using their official upload servers. (Unless you know how to upload directly to IPFS network and reference the hashes properly.) As we all know there's long queues, upload errors, IPFS issues... (the list is endless) I have been working on a solution to this problem by writing my own IPFS video uploader, that uploads directly to public IPFS gateway, asynchronous (means no more queues) and it's something that anyone can setup themselves. This is going to be an alternative way (means not a replacement) of uploading videos onto DTube, that just works. I can't reveal further details about this right now, but I will be unveiling the uploader in the next 24 hours, so if you're interested in this, make sure you follow my Steemit blog for that.
So there you go, I understand that there are many issues right now but as a community I have been working towards the solutions to these problems 😉
Join @onelovedtube discord if you want to chat with me about our work: https://discord.gg/Sc4utKr
Thanks for this information and taking the time to respond to my post/video. The issues regarding deleted videos is probably the most frustrating for me as I don't when they are going to stop working. I will keep a look out for your uploader.