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What if YouTube just said no? Like, remove YouTube from Canada. Then have Canadian citizens complain to their government and cause an uproar. This is such a sne
by polishdude20 4y ago
What if YouTube just said no? Like, remove YouTube from Canada. Then have Canadian citizens complain to their government and cause an uproar. This is such a sneaky thing the government is doing that most people won't care. But pull YouTube completely out of Canada and people will start to pay attention.
- wonderbore 4y agoAre there any precedents of large companies doing that (successfully)? YouTube particularly can't afford to play games like this because TikTok has no problem following the rules and taking YouTube’s viewers like it's been doing.
- polishdude20 4y agoMaybe I'm just not in the demographic to know that tictoc WOULD take over the space.
- rchaud 4y agoIt's only sneaky if you're completely unaware of Canadian laws. Radio and TV stations have abided by domestic quota rules for a very long time. Online video was obviously going to come under that umbrella at some point.
- _aavaa_ 4y agoThe difference is that radio and TV stations only play one thing at a time. Mandating a domestic quota mandates that those content get airtime. There is no such guaranteed for Youtube and the like. How is that solved online? You can show you X% of domestic content, but if people don't play it will the legislation go further to mandate a certain % played/viewed?
- nisegami 4y agoWe've seen some small scale attempts at this with Google News, but I eagerly await the day someone tries it for real. Imagine Whatsapp backing out of India to strongarm the government. It'll be awful for everyone involved in the long run, but the journey there will be interesting.
- kylehotchkiss 4y agoor google maps - India really needs a good domestic alternative!