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Who gets to decide what is an "insane" profit? You?
by elzbardico 5y ago
Who gets to decide what is an "insane" profit? You?
- paulpauper 5y agoRe-read the post. They could afford to run fewer ads. Right now, google is optimizing for profits at the possible cost of user experience, which may hurt google long-term. It's their right to do that, but I think it's a poor idea in the long term.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoThe Market(TM)
- BaseballPhysics 5y agoGiven that Alphabet still refuses to release profit numbers for Youtube, right now, no one but Alphabet. And given the context of this conversation is about ads, dark patterns, and more broadly, privacy, I think it's perfectly reasonable that we have that conversation.
- Teever 5y agoRegulators. And since the US seems to have abrogated those responsibilities they are falling to the EU.
- scarface74 5y agoSo you want regulators to decide how much of a profit corporations should have for a non essential service like watching videos?
- Teever 5y ago"So you want regulators to decide how much of a profit corporations should have for a non essential service like smoking cigarettes? Yes I want regulators to dictate how a behemoth corporate entity like Alphabet uses a platform like Youtube in ways that they both unduly profit from and are unacceptably detrimental to society as a whole. Entities like Alphabet continue to grow and grow and the corrosive effects of their growth need to be checked some how. If you don't advocate for regulation than what mechanisms are you anticipating will mitigate the negative aspects of these kinds of entities?
- scarface74 5y agoAnd the government still allows you to smoke cigarettes. Just like if you don’t want to risk getting cancer by smoking you don’t smoke. If you don’t like the shit show that is YouTube - don’t use YouTube.