> it is a private service Should there be a certain size threshold after which they can't claim "private" anymore? It has a huge effect on society. > What we

> it is a private service Should there be a certain size threshold after which they can't claim "private" anymore? It has a huge effect on society. > What we really need, I think, are options Yes, but they don't want to allow those options to exist. It's not in their interest. All this said, if YT would vanish from the internet I'd be devastated. So many technical talks that are not mirrored anywhere else, great courses, hobby stuff, documentaries, not to mention the breadth of music. Together with Wikipedia and arXiv I think it's one of the fundamental resources of the internet. And the content is, like Google search, generated by the users, it's our work. Does that still qualify as "private" when it gets to hoard so much of our creations? Is it their right to assert their massive size and power against content creators who are many and small, and can't coordinate to mount a meaningful opposition?