• Abnorc@lemm.ee
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    20 days ago

    It’s not that bizarre. They don’t have to serve you the content without showing you the ads that make the platform profitable. The freedom goes both ways. I use an ad blocker too, but I don’t think that YouTube is really doing anything wrong here. (Other than possibly ruining their own platform, but that’s their problem that they’re making for themselves.)

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      20 days ago

      If they weren’t a monopoly, I’d agree, they can do whatever they want.

      But since they are a monopoly, its a de facto the equivalent of a town square, and they are policing people’s speech, and broadcasting annoying public announcements that nobody wants to hear.

      • Robin@lemmy.world
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        20 days ago

        A privately owned platform cannot serve the public good. There will always be conflicts of interest. A proper public square should be funded by a competent government (but those are rare) or decentralized.