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YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel — The suspension comes following the publication of rape and sexual assault allegations against the British star::YouTube has blocked Russell Brand from making money off its platform and the BBC pulled some of his shows from its online streaming service in the wake of rape and sexual assault allegations against the comedian-turned-influencer.

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[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

That's too much power for a monopoly to have. And YouTube is quite close to a monopoly.

Maybe "more fool you" but entire livelihoods and businesses rely on YouTube not cutting them off at any random moment with no notice or warning.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's why it's so important to just build your own website and to stop being dependent on other people for anything you have.

[-] SoBoredAtWork@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Right. "just build your own YouTube" is the solution. 👍

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

PeerTube exists yet you still whine.

[-] That_One_Demon@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

YouTube sucks, but it's not a monopoly. It's nowhere close to one. Monopolies are not "there's only one product." People love spouting monopoly to every mainstream product like iPhone and Windows.

YouTube has plenty of competition in video hosting. There's more professional high cost ones like Netflix. Less giving but just as easily accessible is TikTok. Hell there's even PornHub.

Just because YouTube has a unique combination of services that has allowed self employment for many people that can't get it easily on existing sites does not mean that competition does not exist. Many content creators on YouTube actually advertise a competing site on YouTube.

Before we can start offering solutions we need to have a good understanding on what the problem is and what it isn't.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

Don’t want the risk of culpability ? Don’t want to consider others? Feel entitled? Then go Create your own distribution.

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