Technology
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5: personal rants of Big Tech CEOs like Elon Musk are unwelcome (does not include posts about their companies affecting wide range of people)
6: no advertisement posts unless verified as legitimate and non-exploitative/non-consumerist
7: crypto related posts, unless essential, are disallowed
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This sounds reasonable. There is no free lunch.
Google made $7 billion from YouTube in 2021^1, might I remind you by running ads on other peoples's content. Now of course Google does provide the platform for that content, but the point still remains.
Users and content creators are what make YouTube, not the other way around. Companies like Google need to careful not to let their pursuit of profit upset the good thing they have going for them.
I would like better ads. Not more personal ads. Just less intrusive ads for products relevant to the video I'm watching