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Comment by TheAdamAndChe

5 years ago

I'm okay with this. They've deplatformed or suppressed most of my favorite YouTubers anyway, and they are trying to push a culture that I don't agree with.

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mikecoles  5 years ago

Then stop using YouTube. If I don't agree with the grocery store's business choices, I can steal from them?

  • TheAdamAndChe  5 years ago

    They're a monopoly and the leader of a winner-take-all market. They leverage their power to control the narrative on many topics. I think of any company to not support, YouTube is a good one to do so.

    • taylodl  5 years ago

      Not supporting is not the same as stealing. It's your business as to whether you want to support YT or not, but your disagreeing with their business practices or business model does not give you the right to steal. Perhaps I've misunderstood you (I'm reading this in context of your previous comment where you said you were okay with this, which I take to mean you're okay with stealing their content)?

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    • RestlessMind  5 years ago

      > They've deplatformed or suppressed most of my favorite YouTubers anyway

      > They're a monopoly and the leader of a winner-take-all market.

      There is some cognitive dissonance in there, particularly with "deplatforming" and "monopoly" part. If your favorite creators are all gone, why don't you just stop using that service? (I have done exactly that, tbh).

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  • decasteve  5 years ago

    That’s not how the web works. The host (YouTube) serves the content, my user agent (Firefox and add-ons) renders it. Stop trying to turn the internet into cable TV.

    YouTube can create its own client software (like it does for iOS/Android) and do what it wants. As long as it openly serves content via HTTP then I can render the content it sends anyway I want on my computer.