even if you don’t rely on ads, having more views will always be desirable. netflix optimizes as much for playtime as youtube does because the more someone uses

even if you don’t rely on ads, having more views will always be desirable. netflix optimizes as much for playtime as youtube does because the more someone uses it, the less likely they’ll cancel it. even “yellow journalism” newspapers in the past or tabloids are the same thing. and algorithms make it more possible at scale but aren’t what’s causing the issue either