To add an example, YouTube landing page is full of curated content from Google. I have not subscribed to any of it. In fact, my subscribed videos are on a compl

To add an example, YouTube landing page is full of curated content from Google. I have not subscribed to any of it. In fact, my subscribed videos are on a completely separate page. Google has chosen what they want me to see. Therefore, Google is a publisher. The fact that they hide this behind an algorithm has no bearing on the outcome. Google is in charge of the content that I see. If Google is in charge, they are publishers.