• rchive@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    No, not really. Google can’t do anything about my taking my Firefox browser and watching videos from somewhere else. There are countless other video streaming services.

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      1 year ago

      There are countless other video streaming services.

      There are government websites - including my state’s dmv - that exclusively use youtube. You’re being disingenuous when you’re saying you can just use another streaming service (and I don’t believe you don’t know it).

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        1 year ago

        The efficient solution to that problem is governments using a different platform that’s actually neutral. The government has full control over where they host their videos. Using that as a reason to TRY (a likely long and drawn out process) to force Google to change its policies company-wide is silly.

        I’m not being disingenuous. I watch videos on a bunch of platforms. It’s easy.

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          1 year ago

          The efficient solution to that problem is governments using a different platform that’s actually neutral.

          First time I’ve heard public services called efficient, but ok.

          I’m not being disingenuous. I watch videos on a bunch of platforms. It’s easy.

          We’re not talking about you here. You’re purposely ignoring the problem, and therefore being disingenuous.

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      1 year ago

      Yes except everyone knows YouTube has a massive, massive market advantage in that space. And the channel you want to watch isn’t on the others. And you know this too.