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YouTube, Twitter, Facebook. All 3 make gigabucks from the culture war. Apple, on the other hand, does not wade into the culture war. What they do instead is ma
by chongli 6y ago
YouTube, Twitter, Facebook. All 3 make gigabucks from the culture war.
Apple, on the other hand, does not wade into the culture war. What they do instead is make money off people's status anxiety by selling luxury products to people on food stamps.
- Aunche 6y agoI'm sure YouTube and Facebook would prefer cat memes and influencers more than flame wars and pundits. The former do not get demonetized and lead to innocent content being demonetized accidentally. The addictive nature of Facebook and Youtube are partially to blame, but even if that ended, that would only slow down the culture war, which suggests that the root cause is elsewhere. They're making lemonade out of lemons, which may incentivize more lemons, but it's not the source. I agree with you about Twitter as their stock had been stagnant until Trump's election and people started equating tweets as news.