I get excited whenever I see a new federated alternative of existing big players, like PeerTube ( vs Youtube ) or Mastadon ( vs Twitter ) or Diaspora ( vs faceb

I get excited whenever I see a new federated alternative of existing big players, like PeerTube ( vs Youtube ) or Mastadon ( vs Twitter ) or Diaspora ( vs facebook ) but unfortunately I never get around to using them considering longevity of a single/multiple nodes in the system. I know it does not make sense but fear or losing/migrating preferences/data has kept me from using most of these services