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by stcredzero 2543 days ago
people are justified in judging YouTube management for the content that YouTube management uploads

You mean "promotes." People are free to judge. However, by granting discovery/virality selectively, rather than going by pure interest and numbers, YouTube is exercising editorial judgement. This makes them into a publisher, not a platform. People are free to urge YouTube to become a publisher. YouTube is free to follow suit or not and take the rewards and consequences of their actions.

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> This makes them into a publisher, not a platform.

Says who? "Publisher" and "Platform" are not mutually exclusive identities.