Don't even need to prove you own your target video, just claim it and boom, you get what you want (redirect monetization to your MCM, takedown the video, etc).
*Not you you, but the royal you
Or well, not acting evil.
The aurora borealis perhaps? The sun could decide to throw us a particularly nasty geomagnetic storm one day and suddenly Google would go to fearsome tyrant to basically irrelevant overnight. I imagine most of us on HN would be out of a job too!
(can't wait for this one to get deleted...)
YouTube users: Can I see it?
Google: ...no.
Emphasis on easily - if it ever becomes straightforward, without going through scary settings menu, Google will be quite scared.
There’s been a lot of controversy lately about Robinhood/Citadel/GME/Reddit. And it looks like either Google might be taking sides, or that if you are powerful enough you can get Google to block some search results/suggestions.