No, not really. Google can't do anything about my taking my Firefox browser and watching videos from somewhere else. There are countless other video streaming services.
rchive
joined 1 year ago
That's less restrictive than what I said. McDonald's won't let you bring tacos in at all, doesn't just make you wait at the door for 2 minutes, etc.
Edit: and to anyone quibbling with my McDonald's example saying you can in fact bring tacos in, that was just an illustration. I can find plenty of examples of one establishment not letting people bring food in from somewhere else.
I just use Freetube either way. I can't stand autoplaying videos or suggestions, popups, etc.
The current US Federal Trade Commission is quite agressive compared to other FTCs historically.
None of that affects people's ability to disseminate information anywhere close to the constraints put on people by traditional publishing. Again, how many people have ever posted to social media vs how many people have ever published a book?
"Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source. True humility is the only antidote to shame." -Uncle Iroh
Hear that, folks? Markets work. 🙂
The route to getting something posted on Facebook or other social media involves 1 gatekeeper who barely involves itself. The route to getting a book or news article published involves more, and they micromanage the content much much more. Just compare what percentage of people have posted something on Facebook vs have had an article published by a newspaper or magazine.
I mean, it sort of did, it's just not quite that simple. A lot of amazing things have come about because of social media. So many artists able to reach people directly without needing gatekeepers like publishers. Movements able to be organized where previously those people would have never interacted.
Shh, people don't wanna hear that. Lol
How does it work, then?
I don't know what this is referring to or what it has to do with anything.