mrdown@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoYouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning moneytechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareDyskolos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 hours agoYouTube became evil when google ditched their slogan “don’t be evil!”. So, it was evil from the start. It just needed to lure enough uncritical consumers in before enshittification started. Piece by piece.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 hours agoYouTube became evil the moment Google got involved.
minus-squaremotruck@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 hours agoMaybe but YouTube wouldn’t have existed if it wasn’t for the years Google paid for it with no monetization in sight.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 hours agoIt was doing just fine until Google bought it.
YouTube became evil when google ditched their slogan “don’t be evil!”.
So, it was evil from the start. It just needed to lure enough uncritical consumers in before enshittification started. Piece by piece.
YouTube became evil the moment Google got involved.
Maybe but YouTube wouldn’t have existed if it wasn’t for the years Google paid for it with no monetization in sight.
It was doing just fine until Google bought it.