Decentralization doesn't mean you never pay for anything. It is unclear if Dtube will always take that fee, but they take it now because so many users rely on them to host their videos. I do think that fee is unreasonable if everyone were hosting their own content, but they aren't. Few are.
That being said, it will take some time to ease into decentralization. I can barely get people to wrap their heads around the basic concepts, much less sign up for hosting content on their own nodes. Dtube isn't perfect, and I have had my fair share of criticisms, but the devs work hard and they are trying their best. All of these concepts are so so so new that it's ridiculous to throw a platform under the bus for some design flaws. Things will improve at each fork, or the site will die. Either way, it's only a step forward for the blockchain itself. These beginning platforms are paving the way toward the future. So we just kind of have to grin and bear it as things inch forward little by little.
RE: Dtube Chat: Personal Responsibility