I doubt they'll ever truly win, but they already work. You don't need to be as big as twitter to be a successful social media platform.
I already use mastodon. Not in a "someone needs to be first" sense, but just as a platform I like.
Peertube doesn't have the content to be there yet, and the model is a bit more difficult (as hosting video is just more expensive than hosting small bits of text and pictures, even with p2p features). There is some good content on there, but (for me) not enough to make it a social platform like YouTube. Also content discovery still isn't there yet. I recommend fedivideos@mas.to as a good resource to find some nice things.
I already use mastodon. Not in a "someone needs to be first" sense, but just as a platform I like.
Peertube doesn't have the content to be there yet, and the model is a bit more difficult (as hosting video is just more expensive than hosting small bits of text and pictures, even with p2p features). There is some good content on there, but (for me) not enough to make it a social platform like YouTube. Also content discovery still isn't there yet. I recommend fedivideos@mas.to as a good resource to find some nice things.