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0 pointseitland6y ago0 comments

So a protection racket, only not by a third party but by the vendor?

Nice YouTube account you have there, it would be a shame if we accidentally destroyed it...

I'm more in favour of a) splitting out parts of Google until it becomes managable b) new regulations that protect persons and companies in extremely one sided relationships (man vs Google). We are already starting to get there with GDPR and I'm seriously hoping that we'll see it enforced more in near future.

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chx6y ago

you can't force them to provide a free service to you.

eitlandOP6y ago

Not for now.

My idea here is that we need to formalize this relationship and regulate it.

YouTubers aren't Google employees but they are still extremely valuable to Google only in a very one sided relationship.

username906y ago

Youtube was net negative for a long time, it is a model which is very hard to get profitable. If they were forced to spend more likely they would just shut down the service or force you to pay fees.

dredmorbius6y ago

If a service cannot be offered both responsibly and profitably, perhaps it shouldn't be allowed to exist?

eitlandOP6y ago

Very good point.

But still, even if some other business lost money for years that doesn't give them a do-whatever-you-want card.

I think a lot could be done automatically to avoid a number of the dumbest automated account removals that we see here.

That should limit the workload quite a lot.

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chx6y ago

you can't force them to provide a free service to you.

eitlandOP6y ago

Not for now.

My idea here is that we need to formalize this relationship and regulate it.

YouTubers aren't Google employees but they are still extremely valuable to Google only in a very one sided relationship.

username906y ago

Youtube was net negative for a long time, it is a model which is very hard to get profitable. If they were forced to spend more likely they would just shut down the service or force you to pay fees.

dredmorbius6y ago

If a service cannot be offered both responsibly and profitably, perhaps it shouldn't be allowed to exist?

eitlandOP6y ago

Very good point.

But still, even if some other business lost money for years that doesn't give them a do-whatever-you-want card.

I think a lot could be done automatically to avoid a number of the dumbest automated account removals that we see here.

That should limit the workload quite a lot.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse