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Damn, I've never watched a video to learn academic topics in my entire life, I must have actual brain damage. I just read books like some moron.

epgui 3y ago
Books are great, but if you haven't noticed, they are different than content in video form. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, so they are not perfectly fungible.
- gilmore606 3y ago
  But what you said was that without Youtube you'd be at a disadvantage in "academic topics". That seems ridiculous on its face, unless you are somehow unable to read. My point is that I am in no way at such a disadvantage, nor would you be. You keep implying all over this thread that ad-free access to funny Youtube videos is something like a human right. This is absurd. Your logic would result in my tax dollars paying for your funny Youtube videos. I don't want that.
  - epgui 3y ago
    I think your comments border on the "appeal to ridicule". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_ridicule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_ridicule
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    > But what you said was that without Youtube you'd be at a disadvantage in "academic topics". That seems ridiculous on its face, unless you are somehow unable to read. My point is that I am in no way at such a disadvantage, nor would you be. I too am from the generation that prefers to read. But my kids prefer videos, and it's not for want of me working with them to read more, they simply don't like reading and they pick up a fairly incredible amount of stuff from watching videos. Unfortunately their gullible little brains are also wide open to advertiser. > You keep implying all over this thread that ad-free access to funny Youtube videos is something like a human right. This is absurd. Your logic would result in my tax dollars paying for your funny Youtube videos. I don't want that. You are not arguing in a serious manner. Funny Youtube videos are your strawman and nobody wants to use your tax dollars to support funny youtube videos. But there is plenty of higher quality content on youtube and google shouldn't be the gatekeeper to that content over the heads of the creators and the consumers alike. Economies of scale and network effects translate into users no longer having a free choice in this. And that is precisely where regulation kicks in.
    - geodel 3y ago
      The demand here seems to have free as in free beer not free as in free speech. Because free speech is not getting hurt by ads in middle of videos. I don't know any reasonable government will now start considering free beer as public good over free speech.

epgui 3y ago

Books are great, but if you haven't noticed, they are different than content in video form. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, so they are not perfectly fungible.

gilmore606 3y ago
But what you said was that without Youtube you'd be at a disadvantage in "academic topics". That seems ridiculous on its face, unless you are somehow unable to read. My point is that I am in no way at such a disadvantage, nor would you be. You keep implying all over this thread that ad-free access to funny Youtube videos is something like a human right. This is absurd. Your logic would result in my tax dollars paying for your funny Youtube videos. I don't want that.
- epgui 3y ago
  I think your comments border on the "appeal to ridicule". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_ridicule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_ridicule
- jacquesm 3y ago
  > But what you said was that without Youtube you'd be at a disadvantage in "academic topics". That seems ridiculous on its face, unless you are somehow unable to read. My point is that I am in no way at such a disadvantage, nor would you be. I too am from the generation that prefers to read. But my kids prefer videos, and it's not for want of me working with them to read more, they simply don't like reading and they pick up a fairly incredible amount of stuff from watching videos. Unfortunately their gullible little brains are also wide open to advertiser. > You keep implying all over this thread that ad-free access to funny Youtube videos is something like a human right. This is absurd. Your logic would result in my tax dollars paying for your funny Youtube videos. I don't want that. You are not arguing in a serious manner. Funny Youtube videos are your strawman and nobody wants to use your tax dollars to support funny youtube videos. But there is plenty of higher quality content on youtube and google shouldn't be the gatekeeper to that content over the heads of the creators and the consumers alike. Economies of scale and network effects translate into users no longer having a free choice in this. And that is precisely where regulation kicks in.
  - geodel 3y ago
    The demand here seems to have free as in free beer not free as in free speech. Because free speech is not getting hurt by ads in middle of videos. I don't know any reasonable government will now start considering free beer as public good over free speech.