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Youtube is committing a business suicide

You know…I´ve been watching Youtube slowly killing itself off for years now, and that have resulted in the following videos and articles by us on the subject of Youtube´s death:

Censorship on Youtube – The backlash from the Youtube community

Youtube rips you, me and us off – The truth about the monetization system

The truth about Youtube – The kids are taking over Youtube

The Youtube copyright disaster – Brutal Doom v19 – Inferno #6

Youtube copyrights and warnings – Max Payne – EP3

Youtube is ripping us off – Aliens Infestation – Part 14

However, since the Youtube madness has become even worse as of lately. I just felt like I couldn´t stay silent anymore. Especially not since I´ve watched LeafyIs “The End of YouTube is Here… (THE DEATH OF YOUTUBE ITSELF)” and “My Channel Is Getting Shut Down… (THE FINAL YOUTUBE RANT)” video just now…Because Youtube has now literally become one giant safe space playground for little kids and SJWs. I mean, not only do you have to worry about censorship (if Youtube or any of your viewers find your content offensive, then you could lose your monetization rights for the video in question), copyright and content ID strikes (as if that wasn´t enough stuff to worry about). Because now you also have to worry about having someone flag your videos with “harassment” and “cyberbullying” claims as well (as seen in the picture down below).

Youtube wants to be the China of video-sharing services

That´s just the half of it though, as I was informed about “YouTube Heroes” less than one hour ago:

“Join #YTHeroes: because all heroes deserve a little glory → https://goo.gl/9v18NK

YouTube Heroes is a global community of volunteer contributors who help create the best possible YouTube experience for everyone. Learn more about how to contribute and earn points at https://goo.gl/U4IT8m. Find out which rewards you can unlock at each level at https://goo.gl/zGZJXq.” – Youtube

And right off the bat, I really feel like this is the beginning of the end of Youtube (thus the Twitter hashtag “#youtubeisover“. As Google just keeps on rolling out stupid ideas like there is no tomorrow. Even so, I still have to say that YouTube Heroes is Google´s worst so-called “idea” to date. As it´s basically a way for Google to get a free thought police force (army) to start policing Youtube´s videos for “offensive“, “triggering” and “inappropriate” content (people with the “wrong” ideas and “opinions” will be choked out for sure…).

Sure, I can´t speak for everyone else now, but on a personal-level, I feel like Youtube is a dying video sharing platform. Furthermore, it´s been very hard for me to motivate myself to keep on making videos on Youtube, and why is that? Simple, It´s because at the end of the day I don´t even know if my (our) video (s) will be teared apart by Youtube´s rules (in one way or another)…That´s also why we have started to look for some Youtube alternatives as the Youtube ship is sinking really fast now…And speaking of Youtube alternatives, I sorted out a nice little list for you guys and girls down below (do yourself a favor and listen to Ice-T´s “Freedom Of Speech” while you´re going through the links, as it will enhance that nice feeling of freedom of speech):

Youtube alternatives

Vimeo.com

Dailymotion

Metacafe

Vevo

Maker.tv

YouChew

Newgrounds

Bing Videos

Niconico

And with that said, what´s your take on this matter? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section down below!

Sources:

Youtube Policy Center

Harassment and cyberbullying

Youtube Advertiser-friendly content guidelines

Thetoptens

Oprah Ice-T 1990



***Disclaimer***

This is a personal opinion of the writer, and it doesn’t necessarily represent the other writers (nor The Gaming Ground´s) opinions.



Robin “V-Act” Ek

The Gaming Ground

Twitter: @TheGamingGround

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Tags: Censorship, Freedom of speech, Google, SJWs, Youtube, YouTube Heroes