As well as being covered in community posts, ads, and shorts. I think if I looked at Youtube for the first time and it was like this, I'd delete it.
Because Netflix has games.
Because FUCKING LINKEDIN has games.
linked in? really? what they got, resume stacker?
Games require engagement. You can't get up from your desk or couch while still playing. You can't fall asleep while actually playing. So compared to video, Google can sell more valuable ads on games in YouTube because they can guarantee to advertisers that "this person has their eyes glued to the screen, hands on mouse or controller, and their butt in the seat."
Shorts is a less powerful version of the same idea. It's also why long-form content is falling out of favor with the algorithm.
Is that why I can't find a fucking article to read anymore? Holy shit I do not want to watch some moron chat about something when I can read.
The same reason they do everything they do - money. Never assume malice that which can be explained by greed.
GAMES ON YOUTUBE?!? LITERALLY 1984, no wait... Farenheit ... No not that one... The giver? Hmmm ...
Actually it's not a dystopic thing at all just an ugly design choice
It's dystopian because of the directions these platforms are going
Go on and describe how.
Netflix said something like "our biggest competition isn't other streaming services, it's Fortnite" when they were launching their own games. Most people have two screens going during down time and the mobile screen is usually a game. YouTube wants that little screen back.
they do everything and i mean everything to keep users on their website/apps. i recommend ublock origin + untrap combination, or you could use freetube and import your youtube subscriptions to it to have more privacy.
I tried libretube, but sometimes it just doesn't work
Is it dystopian to have games?
Yeah, if it's on a video site that also spies on you and tries to rid you of every dollar they find possible.
But I agree that it's not too dystopian and I can't get a grip on what exactly feels off
I think the thing that people are dancing around but not quite getting to is that it's the attention economy. The goal is to monopolize your attention as completely as possible in order to sell as many ads as possible. You may recognize that this is more or less the model of gambling or any other industry that relies on keeping its customers addicted. This is one of those things that doesn't seem very malicious, but could well represent a malicious business choice.
Yeah, monopolizing attention/free time of the user is probably what feels dystopian in this
It's dystopian that basically every prominent internet platform is going this way
if your trying to get promoted in google, you want your new service to get in front of the audience, and youtube has the audience.
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