[dingo_bat]

Can you tell me what's the alternative for Youtube? Or github? The alternative should be a real alternative, not a useless replica. For example, I should be able to watch latest movie trailers, music videos, tech reviews, etc. on the youtube alternative. And I should be able to report issues to Microsoft's VS code project.

This is not just about popularity. On the internet, winner takes all. The monopoly is extreme in every type of website/service. If you can't use Youtube, you effectively cannot watch videos on the web. If you are banned by github, you cannot participate in the global open source community.

There are 2 solutions:

1. Break the monopolies.

2. Force them to respect my rights, similar to the government.

[ekianjo]

Git is a decentralized version system there is absolutely no reason to have to use Github to work on any open source project.

Youtube is no monopoly. You have hundreds of sites offering video streaming services and you can broadcast your own as well using other services not affiliated to youtube. The fact that almost everyone uses Youtube does not make it a monopoly.

[yock]

> Break the monopolies

Can you explain what makes Youtube and Github monopolies when both have competitors in the market?

> Force them to respect my rights, similar to the government.

What rights do you think you have that they are violating?