[WarOnPrivacy]

> I initially feel outraged against Google for their practices, but then I see a comment about how this is just regurgitated news.

These two issues developed independently.

One issue is that the site carries the (ostensibly low quality) content that Google rewards with search rankings.

The other is that Youtube/Google embraces copyright enforcement that heavily favors legacy copyright interests - and that enabled ContentID to become an easily/safely wielded instrument of censorship and abuse (a scenario the tech community repeatedly warned us about).