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0 pointsrandcraw10mo ago0 comments

No. Youtube is a monopoly. For a huge amount pf historical video, they are the only game in town. Regulating the hell out of them -- especially gigantic fines for the insane amount of copyright piracy their business model depends upon -- is LONG overdue.

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Workaccount210mo ago

Read up on vid.me, which broke YouTube's "monopoly" back in 2016-2017.

Seriously, go see what happened to them.

Turns out everyone complaining about YouTube, when given the option to jump to a new fresh user focused service, still blocks ads and refuses subscriptions.

This thread, and the hundreds like it, are why people nope the fuck out when considering creating a YT competitor.

someone7x10mo ago

You seem so certain on the betrayal of the content-creators.

> Read up on vid.me, which broke YouTube's "monopoly" back in 2016-2017

Okay, sounds interesting.

> May 21 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google has persuaded a federal judge in California to reject a lawsuit from video platform Rumble (RUM.O), opens new tab accusing the technology giant of illegally monopolizing the online video-sharing market.

I see what I expected: that google cheated and got away with it. Where is the betrayal?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/google-defeats-rumb...

Workaccount210mo ago

Who is Rumble and what do they have to do with vid.me?

I don't know if you are confused, but Vid.me was a totally different platform than whatever Rumble is...

jiggawatts10mo ago

It's incredible to me how YouTube has an uncountable number of "movie clip" and "TV show clip" channels with randomly generated names, to the point that you can watch pretty much any movie end-to-end, but people lose their minds about AI training using books.

pjc5010mo ago

Yes, although the problem is that trying to regulate them out of existence will destroy the archive. Especially if you try to insist on copyright traceability.

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Workaccount210mo ago

Read up on vid.me, which broke YouTube's "monopoly" back in 2016-2017.

Seriously, go see what happened to them.

Turns out everyone complaining about YouTube, when given the option to jump to a new fresh user focused service, still blocks ads and refuses subscriptions.

This thread, and the hundreds like it, are why people nope the fuck out when considering creating a YT competitor.

someone7x10mo ago

You seem so certain on the betrayal of the content-creators.

> Read up on vid.me, which broke YouTube's "monopoly" back in 2016-2017

Okay, sounds interesting.

I see what I expected: that google cheated and got away with it. Where is the betrayal?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/google-defeats-rumb...

Workaccount210mo ago

Who is Rumble and what do they have to do with vid.me?

I don't know if you are confused, but Vid.me was a totally different platform than whatever Rumble is...

jiggawatts10mo ago

pjc5010mo ago

Yes, although the problem is that trying to regulate them out of existence will destroy the archive. Especially if you try to insist on copyright traceability.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse