I just scrolled through their main feed and every other video was some kind of alt-right misinformation rant (COVID is fake, Joe Biden is dead/dying/has dementia, Antifa is killing kids, etc.). Just based on that alone I want no part of it.
Most of the content on any such platform is going to be the kind that was banned from mainstream platforms for whatever reason. But it's not just alt-right agitprop that gets banned. And any individual targeted group is not large enough to maintain a viable platform of their own. So either we have a public platform place with the stink, or we have none at all.
I think the complaint isn't that the content exists there, but rather that it makes up the vast majority of what is found there. If the majority of Netflix content is trash that I wouldn't want to watch, why would I continue using Netflix? I think the big issue here is that there hasn't been a need for opposing content to be published on the platform, and until there is it will remain slanted one way. This in and of itself will further reduce adoption by the opposition, as seen above, because of how immediately off-putting it is.
You might continue to watch Netflix because the shows you do like are exclusively available there, and just ignore the rest of the library.
It's not that there hasn't been a need for other stuff to be published - it's that there hasn't been a proportional need. Which is exactly what I meant: any alternatives to established platforms are going to have the preponderance of content banished from those established platforms, in direct proportion. So if the purges on e.g. YouTube mostly target right-wing extremism, but also target some other content, then that's the distribution you're going to see on alternative platforms. But what other choice do you have, if you're interested in that other content?
You can nearly always find some other route to a given piece of content, or just lose interest in consuming it. Very little content is sooooo compelling that it overcomes all other considerations. Otherwise people who had problems with YT would just set up on a big porn site, which tend to have good infrastructure and long-term viability (at least for as long as people want to keep watching porn, which is probably forever).
The difference is that Netflix isn’t promoting and profiting off of hate speech and disinformation. Odysee apparently is. I’m sure there is content on the service that I would enjoy, but having to wade through the garbage to find the gold doesn’t appeal to me.
But you don't have to wade through anything. With the service being there, somebody can send you a direct link to the video, and it'll play. In this scenario, you don't interact with their catalog at all, but you still rely on the service for the video to be available in the first place.
This was exactly my point, thank you. Unfortunately it seems like expressing my desire not to see hate speech is an unpopular position here. I expect better from the HN crowd, but there it is.
I’m sure you’re correct, and I know how to use a search bar, but my issue is that their main feed is full of garbage and hate, something I don’t want to see every time I go to the service. I get the need for a censorship free service, I just lament the fact that they always end up as cesspools of hatred and idiocy.
Never heard of them, but that page looks great! Bookmarked.