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Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by emodendroket on Monday April 30, 2018 @04:50PM (#16962203)
It certainly presents problems when all the most popular channels for communication are controlled by a handful of companies.
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Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by Caprinicus on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:01PM (#16963610)
And that they grew to this point before imposing this "curation". It seems to be a recurring theme with these companies to grow to a monopoly with a place for relatively free discourse and then to do this as soon as they feel safe.
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Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by emodendroket on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:21PM (#16963697)
The incentives are aligned that way... once you're big the biggest thing is protecting your position.
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