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Well, in response, the US govt could (in theory) break up YouTube into YouTube and YouTube India, thus freeing the US version from foreign influence. Perhaps th
by tayistay 4y ago
Well, in response, the US govt could (in theory) break up YouTube into YouTube and YouTube India, thus freeing the US version from foreign influence. Perhaps this is another reason why companies shouldn't be allowed to get so big.
- 542458 4y agoI appreciate the thought behind this, but I don’t see how it would work when India would not saddle their own social media with the same antitrust restrictions. Imagine the Indian equivalent to TikTok or whatever, which would be (by virtue of being huge and having better network effects) competing against a field of weaker American competitors. You could of course ban the foreign product, but that feels like we’d just be trading one type of censorship for another. Also, I suspect the US likes a monolithic YouTube from a “iPod diplomacy” perspective - being the cultural centre of the world is an advantage!
- tayistay 4y agoHistorically, breaking up large companies has been good for innovation (AT&T for example) so I wouldn't assume a field of weaker American competitors, but I'll grant that perhaps social media has network effects that make for a different dynamic.