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Re:Roblox faces criticism for 'exploiting' young game develo... by kortilla on Friday August 20, 2021 @04:22PM (#28250965)
Yes, anything that takes the work of a person (making a video, writing a game, writing a blog) is labor.
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Re:Roblox faces criticism for 'exploiting' young game develo... by lupire on Saturday August 21, 2021 @09:16AM (#28256781)
You skipped the "free" part.

YouTube givea you "free" labor by hosting your video.

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Re:Roblox faces criticism for 'exploiting' young game develo... by kortilla on Sunday August 22, 2021 @08:26AM (#28264905)
That’s not labor. At least not in any meaningful sense. No human is doing any work specifically to host your video.
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