A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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- If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
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But it’s true. If you keep using the service, it won’t change. Why would it? If you give in every time, they have no reason to stop. I have no dog in the game so I can view this objectively. You clearly can’t. You are emotionally attached to the service and can’t give it up no matter how it abuses you. I used to use Google. I do not anymore. No more Gmail. I actually pay for my email service.
Even if you stop using it, it still won’t change.
Because the vast majority of people are uninformed or don’t care enough to move, so a stupidly large amount of content is only accessible on YouTube.
Individual action is ineffective.
Soooo just give up and give in. Got it.
Individual action doing nothing will do less.
Edit: Facebook used to make Twitter look like a laughing stock. Tables turned. Facebook used to be where the youth congregated on social media. Things changed. Individual action taken by lots of people will work.
I didn’t say just give up. But understand what is being asked with the suggestion of “just don’t use YouTube”.
Also text-based social media is going to be less expensive to disrupt than video.
I’m not saying it’s impossible. But “don’t use YouTube” is kinda not an answer. Maybe supporting creators on alternative platforms is a good idea.