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>If you don't like free services, stop using them

Problem is, there's no real alternative for YouTube. It's a monopoly.

By contributing to something I don't agree with it's called hypocrisy. Just don't use it. That's probably the only thing you can do about if you want change.

That’s not remotely true.

Okay, so list which websites I can use to watch all kinds of content that I can find on YouTube.

Vimeo? It's basically dead. DailyMotion? It could've been an alternative, but they've recently deleted most old videos. Peertube? Nice idea in theory, but lack of content.

is use yewtu.be from time to time on web, and pipepipex on android.

Do you realize that those are just wrappers for YouTube, not a real competitor?

yup, not a problem for me.

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> Okay, so list which websites I can use to watch all kinds of content that I can find on YouTube.

it serve this purpose.

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok all fulfil the 'whatever topic I am interested in this second, there are videos about it' property, though admittedly they do not have near as much meritorious long-form content as YouTube.

Damn, I didn't know you could watch your long videos on TikTok. When did this happen?

According to the first Reddit thread that appeared as a result when I searched on Google, March 2022.

I was going to try to make the monopoly argument but then realized I only think youtube is a monopoly because I don't use tiktok.

It is just an oligopoly like most other sectors.

TikTok as an alternative to YouTube?

And then I realised people primarily consume shorts.

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