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by mcwhy 758 days ago
youtube is the modern nanny and that is the most valuable ad space on the planet
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I realized this as I saw many of my favorite gaming Youtubers chase the algorithm and change their content to stay relevant. It all eventually converges on content that children would find entertaining. They're the biggest demographic spending the most time looking at ads. That's where following the algorithm leads.
Gaming is perhaps more child-adjacent than other topics?