The (Benevolent?) Dictatorship That Is YouTube
Channel: Daily Insight
Date: 13/02/2020

No matter how you look at it, YouTube is a dictatorship. Sure, they’ve got flashy colours and bright lights and they at least outwardly look like they’re trying to be good corporate citizens, hence why we could perhaps call them a benevolent dictatorship, but a dictatorship nonetheless. Now I’m not saying that’s necessarily bad, but their actions are that of dictators. To be fair, there’s a bit of a balancing act from YouTube’s point of view. Too many rules, and YouTube becomes a full-blown dictatorship. Nobody will want to upload videos because the rules are too strict. People will start leaving and therefore YouTube will lose its major source of income — its creators. Obviously it’s not in YouTube’s interest for this to happen. If they become too dictatorial, this goes against their only aim — to make money. Too many rules will be the death knell of YouTube. But what about the opposite situation? What if there were no rules? Well that would result in chaos! People would be able to upload anything they wanted to. I’m sure you could imagine the result. Every community guideline would be broken in a matter of moments. YouTube would descend into a dark place that is no longer fit for human consumption. Advertisers would flee. Family-friendly companies would not want to tarnish their images by advertising on such a corrupt platform. Of course, all of this would directly go against YouTube’s one and only goal — making money. It is not in the interest of YouTube for you to have complete freedom. In the end, YouTube have no other option but to dictate the rules. It’s their only way to continue being profitable. Unfortunately for us, we have to put up with these rules and accept that we have no power in this relationship. It’s fair to say that YouTube don’t want us to leave, but they also don’t want us uploading anything we want to. Hence, YouTube IS a dictatorship, perhaps a benevolent one, but a dictatorship all the same. Either you accept the rules and play nice, or you leave.

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