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YouTube, like most of the "Internet" these days it's just a shopping center. It appears to be the Universe because these sites/companies are so massive but at t
by PedroBatista 6y ago
YouTube, like most of the "Internet" these days it's just a shopping center. It appears to be the Universe because these sites/companies are so massive but at the end of the day it's their turf and they do what they want.
Now, once they reach a certain scale, why are they allowed to operate like a "normal small company"?
- macspoofing 6y ago>Now, once they reach a certain scale, why are they allowed to operate like a "normal small company"? There was and is a push to make them behave more like a utility (i.e. a platform). Mainstream media, along with a major political party, are on a crusade to make these tech platform be more and more of an editor because they like that currently their competition (in case of media) and political rivals (in case of Democrats) are bearing the brunt of the censorship. And you can see this push even here on HN with constant references to how evil Facebook and Twitter is because memes on those platforms caused Hillary to lose in 2016, and therefore how misinformation is such a big problem that more censorship is needed. I don't know how you fix that. These platforms didn't want to do this. They got bullied into it.
- infogulch 6y agoLeonard French recently reviewed a Supreme Court ruling on Knight Institute v. Trump that includes a concurrence statement by Justice Thomas that touches exactly on these issues (and maybe even net neutrality by proxy). https://youtu.be/IpkGzJYYQj4 https://youtu.be/IpkGzJYYQj4 https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/040521zor_3204.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/040521zor_32...
- dmingod666 6y agoIf I can uninstall YouTube from my Android I think that would be a good start towards a journey to a normal, if not small company..