Crossposted from https://thebrainbin.org/m/enshittification@lemmy.world/t/1996619
Crossposted from https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1480679/google-is-testing-the-hiding-of-youtube-s-dislike-button-entirely-from-all-forms-of-vide
Source: User reports, reported on by couple of news outlets:
We should quit watching YouTube. YouTubers are more proof of overconsumption. People should not be willingly shilling for corps for ad revenue. Just turn it off.
I’d say Youtube is a case of lack of competition making an oligopoly. And sadly for quite a few matters, it’s still the “least worse” option.
Still, I’d urge to people, though I know it’s an uphill battle, to at least keep alternatives at hand.
Yeah, and it’s unfortunately a very hard monopoly to break due to the nature of videos being extremely expensive to host at scale, even in a decentralized way with Peertube