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Is YouTube stopping you from buying a camcorder, recording a bit, buying a server, and putting it on the internet? No, they aren't. They're stopping you from do
by peterwwillis 7y ago
Is YouTube stopping you from buying a camcorder, recording a bit, buying a server, and putting it on the internet? No, they aren't. They're stopping you from doing it on their servers.
It's their product, so they get to choose who can use it and how. You not entitled to tell them what to do with their product. On their platform, they can censor whatever they want.
You don't even pay them any money, and here you are pretending that you have some right to tell them what to do, that this is about your freedom, not theirs.
If this were like, a water, power, telephone, or other utility, you might have some expectation of ability to express free speech on their platform. But YouTube is not an inalienable right.