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It all bothers me. Centralization is bad. And if Facebook and Google wanted to just disable somebody's channel or pages, they could. I think everybody on hacke
by eGQjxkKF6fif 2y ago
It all bothers me. Centralization is bad. And if Facebook and Google wanted to just disable somebody's channel or pages, they could.
I think everybody on hackernews gets it. We're all pretty much on the same page.
Ain't nobody able to do anything about it though.
- transcriptase 2y agoNot everyone on hackernews gets it. There are quite a few people on here involved with or responsible for the awful things that get brought up, but they’re paid enough to actually convince themselves we simply don’t understand why it’s necessary.
- gosub100 2y agoOr they just have a different opinion than you. The GP comment was misleading saying there is "no possible" option due to network effects. You absolutely can upload to rumble or floatplane or other sites that have their own networks. People should be praising YouTubes model to pay the channels for content. In an alternate universe, Microsoft is renting you cloud storage by the gb with 3-tier plans and thousands of people use it to share videos with their families.
- numpad0 2y agoLaws, content moderation, and moderation obligations had created an insurmountable barrier to entry to fix that. Though abolishing those hard and soft laws can't be a solution for various reasons.