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girthero@lemmy.world 1 year agoI wonder if this was a Youtube channel of his would google capitulate… Though I can’t imagine it would be worth it for Jon to be on Youtube though.
Jon could start an entire new video platform in this very moment.
The combination of long overdue hatred for YouTube, along worh our being tired of unnecessary restrictions on free speech, means someone is gonna make a kick ass video sharing plafltform soon. I hope. But they need to have a lot of existing clout, like Jon has.
Right now, nobody has found a way to make a video platform financially viable yet. The only way to ask for crazy high subscription fees, and even then it’s very risky.
Google has been trying to get a foothold in China for a couple of decades. The government there don’t want Google, and Google has previously jumped through hoops to make apps and services just for that market to try to placate them. It wasn’t successful before but they keep trying. I don’t think Google would think twice about axing a YouTube channel if they were aware the content was anti-CCP and has a big enough audience.
Blackout@kbin.social 1 year ago
YouTube is blocked in China and most other oppressive regimes. You can definitely find lots of china criticism there.