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youtube is not the internet, it's a privately run silo. I think it's actually better if people stop using it for everything. We've somehow got to the point wh
by keithnz 7y ago
youtube is not the internet, it's a privately run silo. I think it's actually better if people stop using it for everything. We've somehow got to the point where we are demanding private companies somehow preserve our freedoms simply because we've entrenched ourselves in their commercial products and given them control over content. Let youtube curate their content, I wish they'd do it more. Then maybe we will start seeing some more diversity rather than these massive silos
- wvenable 7y agoAgreed. Youtube doesn't host pornography and, guess what, there are plenty of other sites that do. I almost think the reaction to this is too pessimistic! "Oh YouTube is banning content the Internet is DOOMED". As long as we can freely connect to any service then there will always be an alternative.
- omeid2 7y agoHave you used Google Video Search recently? for vast majority of people internet is Google and Facebook. It is not ideal, but it is not to be ignored.
- dorusr 7y agoThere's a real threat in Google (Youtube) controlling what is shown on their platforms. We might be informed and willing to try alternatives, but the masses don't (yet). This gives Google enormous propoganda power, and it is clear they already use this power to further their own agenda. It's not about freedom of speech, it's about deplatforming: the ability for your speech to be heard by the masses. The argument that you can just go elsewhere is like saying you can hang up your manifesto in the forest instead of on the church door.