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> That would undermine their revenue model That makes sense of course. In my mind I thought that doing this wouldn't stop them from running advertisements. But
by worldsayshi 9y ago
> That would undermine their revenue model
That makes sense of course. In my mind I thought that doing this wouldn't stop them from running advertisements. But I guess it would undermine recruitment of new content creators.
- krapp 9y agoThe safest solution would be to download a list of videos from Youtube and run them locally as a playlist. Of course, that's not a solution that would work for most parents, or Youtube, or content owners, or probably the law. Second best solution would be curating a personal playlist of videos and to make certain children are always watching under supervision. Third best solution would be, ironically, preferring children's television over the internet. As I understand it, Youtube isn't profitable for Google, and a lot of their decisions wrt their algorithms seem focused on increasingly desperate attempts at wringing some semblance of solvency out of the platform, so I wouldn't expect them to be very willing to work against their interests right now.
- jansho 9y agoWell, there’s also the dodgy adverts that occasionally interrupt the video.. I saw how at my local primary school, kids were happily jumping up and down to a song and suddenly there’s a chocolate advert. Imo the safest way to let kids browse is walled gardens like Netflix Kids. But that would also be unleashing an entire new addiction. The ideal scenario is parent supervision, but most parents don’t have enough time/patience to sit with their kids everyday. In fact the iPad is meant to be the new babysitter! It’s quite a problem, this one is.