In accounting you sometimes hear that it is near-impossible to liquidate Goodwill, but given the implied increase in (malicious) advertiser spending from this move, I would say that's exactly what's happened. Shame in YouTube for their cavalier attitude.
There needs to be some actual consequences to Google when one of their products is noticeably downgraded like this.
But, alas, there are no worthy competitors. Vimeo is a bad user experience. PeerTube, is not only clunky, but is also tarnished by its facilitation of crypto. All other platforms are too small to seriously compete.
As an aside, I have zero patience for Susan Wojcicki's vision of the platform or for her idea of what constitutes protecting targeted creators. These measures are ineffective at best.
But at worst, they are actively damaging to the people they claim to protect. Disliking plagiaristic, incorrect, or dangerous suggestions is a form of community regulation. Hearing the YT team wax lyrical about the morality of their choice is a sickening display of conscious hypocrisy.
I can only hope that someone with a lot of server space (and, ideally, less of a profit motive) can step in to fill the vacuum.
I honestly think Odysee is really good. Not quite as polished as YouTube, but it definitely does the job. It's just missing all the same content creators, but more are joining every day. Rumble is another decent competitors but I find it not quite as competent an option as Odysee.
There needs to be some actual consequences to Google when one of their products is noticeably downgraded like this.
But, alas, there are no worthy competitors. Vimeo is a bad user experience. PeerTube, is not only clunky, but is also tarnished by its facilitation of crypto. All other platforms are too small to seriously compete.
As an aside, I have zero patience for Susan Wojcicki's vision of the platform or for her idea of what constitutes protecting targeted creators. These measures are ineffective at best.
But at worst, they are actively damaging to the people they claim to protect. Disliking plagiaristic, incorrect, or dangerous suggestions is a form of community regulation. Hearing the YT team wax lyrical about the morality of their choice is a sickening display of conscious hypocrisy.
I can only hope that someone with a lot of server space (and, ideally, less of a profit motive) can step in to fill the vacuum.