• tal@lemmy.today
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    18 hours ago

    If Google wants to do so, they can do the same with YouTube.

    There are other email providers out there, but there’s only really one service like YouTube.

    EDIT: Also, there are a lot of documents out there in Google Docs. I mean, if they start requiring a Google account with personal information to view those, they control access to a lot of stuff. And while hosting documents (dunno about editable documents) probably isn’t as hard as hosting video, you can’t just yourself migrate out of that the way you can with email. Need all the people sticking information on Google Docs to also do so.

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      3 hours ago

      All it means is I’ll have more free time without being addicted to random Videos on YouTube. It’ll probably be better for my mental health when they cripple yt that bad where I just won’t use it other then emergency DIY stuff

    • IceFoxX@lemm.ee
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      10 hours ago

      There are better video platforms in terms of structure etc. and also for self-hosting with peertube. The problem is that people can’t migrate to an alternative of the same size. It’s the chicken and egg problem. The big ones were just lucky to be the first at the right time.