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Is YouTube changing???
asmi:
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on January 08, 2021, 08:40:32 pm ---That's what people really want. That's what Youtube is becoming. In fact it's almost there.
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So why are you blaming youtube for being a mirror which simply reflects society we live in for what it really is, not as we want it to be?
It sounds like a classic example of shooting the messenger.
engrguy42:
--- Quote from: asmi on January 08, 2021, 08:52:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on January 08, 2021, 08:40:32 pm ---That's what people really want. That's what Youtube is becoming. In fact it's almost there.
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So why are you blaming youtube for being a mirror which simply reflects society we live in for what it really is, not as we want it to be?
It sounds like a classic example of shooting the messenger.
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If you actually read my posts, it's clear that I'm the only person here saying that it's NOT Youtube's fault, and those who claim it's the fault of the "big greedy corporation" or their ads or their censorship or whatever are missing the obvious fact that it's the USERS who drive every single thing that Youtube (or any other business) does.
But we humans are absolutely incapable of blaming ourselves, so we point fingers.
SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on January 08, 2021, 09:27:17 pm ---[...] it's the USERS who drive every single thing that Youtube (or any other business) does. [...]
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Profit motive of corporations (including Youtube's owner) has nothing to do with it?
Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: rdl on January 08, 2021, 11:10:53 am ---If they would stop screwing around with the UI and replace it with one that loads fast on browsers other than Chrome I might consider paying for Premium.
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Perhaps the coders who did Adobe Flash didn't all retire to the beach like we thought.
engrguy42:
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on January 08, 2021, 11:05:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on January 08, 2021, 09:27:17 pm ---[...] it's the USERS who drive every single thing that Youtube (or any other business) does. [...]
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Profit motive of corporations (including Youtube's owner) has nothing to do with it?
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What's the problem with profit motive?? Everyone has it. You have it, or else you wouldn't go to work every day to make money. Every single human on the planet has it. The goal is to get profit so you can pay the bills and hopefully have some $$ left over to buy fun stuff. And we do whatever we can to get more. How is that possibly a bad thing?? Try to get the most you can for the product or service you provide.
I keep hearing people blaming "greedy corporations" for all kinds of terrible stuff, and then the same people find ways to pay the least amount of taxes to increase their profits. They want to get more pay for the work they do to increase their profits. They want to win the lottery (other peoples' money) to get more money for themselves. They want to pay as little as they can at the department store to increase their profits. They buy cheap stuff from China, where wages are super low and people are poor, so they can increase their profits.
And I guarantee there's not a lot of Youtube employees who complain about Youtube profit motive. It's what keeps them employed and pays their bills and feeds their family and allows them to go on vacation.
Like I say, we humans are absolutely incapable of blaming ourselves so we point fingers at everyone else.
The hypocrisy is jaw dropping. "Do as I say, not as I do"
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