He only feels that way because he’s now too far behind to have any hope of being one of the gatekeepers.

That’s just your parasite yearning to propagate.

Capitalism is caustic. A company positioning itself to ride the success of others to maximize their own profits is too reminiscent of the music industry for my tastes. Secondarily, I’ve gone through this so many times with so many other platforms. The “maximally grow the user base” phase is the beginning of the enshitification process. It’s much easier in my mind to abandon ship at this phase, rather than help them build a bigger mouse trap with my ad revenue, to ensnare the next hapless fool.

I will say it’s a little ironic you mentioned Veritasium considering the channel was literally bought into by a corporation focused and maximizing revenue of YouTube channels. Good content, sure, but I think it’s indicative of exactly what’s wrong with the platform as a whole.

Also, to everyone and no one, if you like the content from Technology Connections, Veritasium, etc., AlphaPhoenix is likely your speed, too.

E. Fixed channel name

Honestly thought this was a joke about acne at first.

Involving money in reviews undermines the whole foundation of honest unbiased feedback.

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Wow, we did have some crazy rain here last night, but it was gone within an hour or so. No damage or anything, counting myself lucky this time. I might have to consider picking up sand bags or something, we live next to a dry creek bed and stories like this are starting to make me nervous.