Warren Buffett has mentioned the irony of the fact that the internet took us from a world with thousands of successful money-making newspapers to a world with just two that are likely to be around for long (WSJ, NYT).
And Youtube appears to be taking over in the broadcast TV world.
Youtube has to have content controls. But it's unconscionable that these controls are not open source, not created through a public process, not auditable, nor appeallable.
It would be so easy to do this in an open and positive way, and Google has decided to do it on the cheap in an ugly, biased, and destructive way, one that is harming their brand and creating regulatory scrutiny.
And Youtube appears to be taking over in the broadcast TV world.
Youtube has to have content controls. But it's unconscionable that these controls are not open source, not created through a public process, not auditable, nor appeallable.
It would be so easy to do this in an open and positive way, and Google has decided to do it on the cheap in an ugly, biased, and destructive way, one that is harming their brand and creating regulatory scrutiny.