McTalon

That's bad enough!!!!!!!! But the entire idea of needing permission from state authorities to access anything labeled mature by our friendly AI overlords is some fucking Boll shit. Die Gedenken Sind Frie baby. This is all a reaction to people getting uppity about their lowly lowly rights and is being propped up by the same bad actors tht have made life unlivable. Fuck that shit.

"Well it's only being rolled out in Brazil and UK" Yeah, to start. "Well they're being forced to do this by laws." YOu know it's always really funny when these tech giants (Or whatever you call owning tumblr dot com) get really antsy about laws considering they pick and choose which ones they abide by.

***Because they don’t know HOW to read

***Because they’re not ALLOWED to read

***Because they weren’t TAUGHT to read

***Because the generation BEFORE THEM were never taught HOW TO READ or how to TEACH READING

***Because we DON’T VALUE INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS

***Because our society prioritizes PRODUCTIVITY over QUALITY OF LIFE

Sick of the “yall are stupid because you’re lazy” narrative. Obviously people with no time no family no money no books no education no perspective no respect no options no support no mentors aren’t perpetually disseminating themes of Othello on the fly.

People aren’t stupid, reading isn’t the peak proof of intelligence, and society isn’t on a decline because poor people are poor.

You’re confusing a symptom for a cause

Back in the day there were multiple video platforms to chose from, Rever, Blip TV, and a few others I can't remember. This gave people multiple options to view, share, and produce content. Nowadays while there are a few alternatives, Youtube is the only one that most people know about.

This is dangerous because traditionally if a platform or service implements something that people don't like, people have the option to leave and chose something else. However, thanks to YouTube having a total monopoly on web video they're the ONLY option. There's no where else to go. It's like if there was only one service available for accessing cable TV. Since it would be the only option, that mean they could do whatever they want because it's the only option, raise prices, censor content, require personal information. It's horrifying and that's the world of long-form web videos now.

Several other websites have attempted to compete with Youtube, but they rarely last more than a year (if a year at all), because most people don't check the alternatives because everyone is on Youtube.