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by renegat0x0
1002 days ago
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I heard quite often that "a company can do whatever it want with their content". I was working through this topic a very long time. Can YouTube host whichever content it likes, and not others? If I was a small shop owner I would like to be able to serve whoever I like, but I recognize the power of big corporations who can make you disappear from the Internet. In my opinion it all boils down whether the company is a gatekeeper, or not. I would like the small owner to have some ability to decide, but Amazon should not be able to decide who can buy/sell based on their skin color, preferences, political biases. |
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More importantly though, Google hasn't banned Brand, they've removed ads from his videos. Advertisers are very sensitive about where their ads show up. This is why X/Twitter has struggled so much under Musk - major companies don't want their brand next to certain kinds of content.
Not serving ads along Brand's content isn't gate keeping. It's not sending advertisers (and their dollars) to someone embroiled in a scandal. Just like how he's probably not getting lots of calls right now to host award shows, star in films, or be the face of company advertising.
Google is protecting their revenue stream, which is completely unsurprising to me.