YouTube CEO calls EU’s proposed copyright regulation financially impossible
I watch a decent amount of YouTube, but if it went away, I don’t think that it would be a net loss to humanity given what YT shows to children [0], and how YT radicalizes viewers [1].  It’s actually Patreon that pays my favorite creators, not YT, so they could protentially distribute videos via any other site. A new site for discovery would likely rise up, if Patreon didn’t do that themselves.This is the entire platform vs publisher argument that tech companies have been hiding under for years. No one is responsible for content, and look what that’s gotten us. I would shed no tears if YT ended operation in the EU, where I live.[0] https://www.wired.co.uk/article/youtube-for-kids-videos-prob...[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/youtube-po...https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/youtube...https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-youtubes-far-right-radi...