> I think that YT could make a legitimate case that its recommendation algorithm is neutral They’d have to remove shadow banning at the very least. I’m also vi

> I think that YT could make a legitimate case that its recommendation algorithm is neutral They’d have to remove shadow banning at the very least. I’m also virtually certain that their algorithms are machine-learning based, and as such very difficult to inspect, debug, and other ML based algorithms have proven to be biased in other contexts (like facial recognition). > I don't agree that not-on-YT means no wide audience. I… stand corrected, I guess. Also, I’ve just discussed it with my partner, and she pointed out a marginal exodus away from YouTube, which may amplify and chip away at their dominance. > A service that only shows/points you at videos from channels you've subscribed too is radically different from the YT of today. It would be indeed. YouTube is significant in the way it merges 3 tools together: hosting, search, and recommendations. They could be separate. (By the way, Google itself tends to merge search and recommendations, the famous "filter bubble".)