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YouTube is a quasi-monopoly and one of the most important sources of educational content in our time. Kids use it, and teachers sometimes recommend it. I am us
by weinzierl 1y ago
YouTube is a quasi-monopoly and one of the most important sources of educational content in our time. Kids use it, and teachers sometimes recommend it.
I am usually against regulation, but in this case I think having YouTube Shorts next to educational content is like a school kiosk selling crack cocaine next to hot dogs.
- closetkantian 1y agoVery well said. There really should be a public option. Large scale PBS for the internet.
- nerpderp82 1y agoYou mean a public digital commons owned by the people instead of malls we could be kicked out of any time?
- bko 1y agoIt's ironic that you call for regulation to address a concern as a comment to a free product that addresses this exact concern. What's the problem with people building tooling around it?
- incone123 1y agoThe third party tooling is constantly at risk of being broken by YouTube. Not sure regulation is the answer either. Any alternative still needs to at least attract creators and cover it's own costs.
- bko 1y agoRegulation is constantly at risk of having unintended consequences and preventing new entrants and innovation. We shouldn't create regulations to deal with problems that are being solved by the market
- skeeter2020 1y agoPlease point to any sort of competition or current market-based alternative to YT that addresses the concerns above.
- petralithic 1y agoWell, certain adult sites do have educational content, often with better economics for the creator than YouTube.
- singpolyma3 1y agoThe regulation needed is to keep the tooling working. Require interop
- nenenejej 1y agoIt doesnt because if this gets popular, Google bans it.