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Different take: YouTube has created a walled commons. The main walled commons for video by far.

Thanks, YouTube, for caretaking the commons. We wouldn't let the LAPD post that in a public park or at a municipal swimming pool or next to a playground and we'd rather not have it on YouTube.

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Ok, but you really want Google caretaking the commons?

That depends, who are you proposing the alternative caretaker? I don't want my government to force video apps to host violent content, nor do I want my government making their own digital commons.

I'm not sure, maybe not have a single commons so people can self-sort into the place they want, the Fediverse option basically. But if we're going to have a single commons a democratic government may be preferable to a company that at best wants to keep it advertiser friendly.

>But if we're going to have a single commons a democratic government may be preferable to a company that at best wants to keep it advertiser friendly.

I'm also a big fan of the fediverse. However, I'm skeptical in the quality and even practical accountability of "democratic" governments, who are themselves pressured to be "advertiser-friendly" in their own way.

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