Very well said. There really should be a public option. Large scale PBS for the internet.

You mean a public digital commons owned by the people instead of malls we could be kicked out of any time?

It's ironic that you call for regulation to address a concern as a comment to a free product that addresses this exact concern.

What's the problem with people building tooling around it?

The third party tooling is constantly at risk of being broken by YouTube. Not sure regulation is the answer either. Any alternative still needs to at least attract creators and cover it's own costs.

Regulation is constantly at risk of having unintended consequences and preventing new entrants and innovation.

We shouldn't create regulations to deal with problems that are being solved by the market

Please point to any sort of competition or current market-based alternative to YT that addresses the concerns above.

Well, certain adult sites do have educational content, often with better economics for the creator than YouTube.

The regulation needed is to keep the tooling working. Require interop

It doesnt because if this gets popular, Google bans it.