"Creators" and developers accepting imperialistic companies as their "masters" or bosses is a recipe for the worst disaster, a route to chaos
WITH a 7-day deadline, Google's lawyers have declared war on Free software. It would not be the first such war, but this one is different. Not much of (what's left of) the media covered it, but this one article explains: "The developers of Invidious, a privacy-respecting alternative front-end for YouTube, have received a cease-and-desist notice from YouTube's legal department. The free and open source software, which provides a YouTube experience minus advertising and user tracking, has been instructed to shut down within seven days. As things stand, cooperation isn't on the agenda."
"Let Google feel the consequences for its actions and polices."The above isn't the sole reason to quit YouTube and protest against YouTube, both as a "creator" and as a "user" (spectator, viewer). Over the coming week we'll cover many different ways in which YouTube got worse, hostile not just towards/against "consumers" (who "consume" "content") but against the people who create all the "content" in the site.
Our expectation is that this series will run every day for the coming week. By then, we hope, more people will have made the decision to quit engaging with the platform or significantly reduce their engagement. Let Google feel the consequences for its actions and polices. ⬆