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Alicia A.

Washington, D.C., United States

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1 Review by Alicia

  • YouTube

2/23/24

I witness YouTube abusing content generators by manipulating their algorithms so viewers don't ever see their videos without searching for it, and even then YouTube will often put their video further down the search results- making it harder to view. Youtube very often takes content generators' advertising revenue- stealing it for themselves. Often YouTube pretends they (often popular comedians) said or did something extremely egregious (not true by any stretch of the imagination) to deserve their ad revenue being confiscated. Lines do exist between healthy criticism of an institution or culture (which are instrumental to a healthy society) and racism or other destructive behaviors. I observe YouTube knowing that difference, but choosing to remove that differentiation to wield a oppressive amount of control over both content providers and viewers and the viewers' ability to find videos and comment on them.

Tip for consumers:
I hope an free and fair alternative to YouTube is soon released by Elon Musk.

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