How Big Is YouTube?

Re:How Big Is YouTube? by gloryjulio on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:20AM (#38742103)

The original open API from the Facebook was open for the benefit of the good actors to use their data. You can disagree with how it's used, but u can't disagree with the intention.

With the CA scandal, now all the big companies would lock down their app data and sell ads strictly through their limited API only, so the ads buyer would have much less control before.

It's basically saying: u cant behave with the open data. Then we will do business only

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Re:How Big Is YouTube? by newaccount74 on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:45AM (#38742200)

CA was about 3rd parties scraping private user data.

Companies are locking down access to public posts. This has nothing to do with CA, just with companies moving away from the open web towards vertical integration.

Companies requiring users to login to view public posts (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit) has nothing to do with protecting user data. It's just that tech companies now want to be in control of who can view their public posts.

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Re:How Big Is YouTube? by gloryjulio on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:34AM (#38742384)

I'm a bit hazy on the details of the event but the spirit still applies: there were more access to the data that were not 100% profit driven. Now the it's locked down as the companies want to cover their asses and do not want another CA

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Re:How Big Is YouTube? by passion__desire on Saturday December 23, 2023 @08:50AM (#38744218)

Wasn't the "open" data policy used to create Clearview AI to create a profile and provide it to US govt departments?

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