Cutter wrote on Dec 14, 2020, 19:16:
The market is operating in a fair and open manner. No one's being stopped from going out and starting a competing service where they can set whatever rules they like. If you disagree with how those corporations behave don't use their services.
So a dominant platform holder can do whatever it likes because anyone else can go out and start a global media empire? Do you even listen to your own bullshit?
Cutter wrote on Dec 14, 2020, 19:16:
Youtube has no obligation to the people who use it in hopes of making money, much less a living. Tiktok popped up virtually overnight, same with Twitch. And while Vimeo is much smaller they still have 170 million people, on average, that use their service. So yeah, there's competition out there too.
So you'd be okay if the postal service stopped delivering some of your mail because anyone can go out and start their own postal service? The reality is that when a company gets to a certain size it has an obligation to be run in a fair and transparent manner, which should be enforced by governments. YouTube should still be free to have their own moderation policies but they should be transparent and applied consistently, with independent arbitration for disputes. I don't subscribe to your capitalist wet dream.
Cutter wrote on Dec 14, 2020, 19:16:
Some of you guys keep talking about these companies like they have some sort of obligation to people when they don't. Same if you walk into my resto and I don't like the looks of you. Out you go. The management reserves the right to refuse service, and rightfully so.
Of course businesses have an obligation to society. Businesses that fail to operate for the betterment of society should be prohibited. Great examples of that would be patent trolls, scalpers, payday loan companies, etc. All serve only to enrich themselves, without providing any benefit to society. In your example, would you allow a restaurant owner to refuse to serve black customers because management has final say? You might, but any reasonable person would say no because that would be detrimental to society.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."