YouTube is Analyzing everything about you.
No I'm serious. Everything. Today I checked my YouTube settings, because I'm not particularly happy with YouTube, and the way they seem to be catering to and protecting it's extremist far right misogynistic racist radicals. Wow, what a shocker! They also seem to be censoring everyone else on the platform who don't share these dangerous and harmful ideals... God forbid I bring logic and reasoning into an argument right!?
But that's when I discovered just how insidious the site truly is .. mind you, all kinds of people use YouTube, and they are absolutely deadset on letting us know: HEY, DID YOU KNOW THAT KIDS USE THIS SITE TOO!!!
And yet, they bully and defame anyone who preaches equality and love, Rather than unsubstantiated and unearned hate ..? hmmm... Very SUS indeed...
But I'm talking about their insidious practices regarding information collection. Every site has cookies, unfortunately there is no such thing as privacy anymore, that is true .. but YouTube takes it up a notch with invasive and disgusting tactics. They analyze how old you are, where you are, they may even speculate on your employment status, your home, and whether you're married and have kids or not .. EVEN YOUR EDUCATION LEVEL. (am I sensing some classism too?)
Also, YouTube seems to know that no, I currently don't have kids, and yet they keep pushing baby ads, and pamper commercials at me? Seems not creepy or predatory at all! Oh, YouTube...Are you as a PLATFORM trying to indoctrinate me, and put me into your little placid 1950s box? I think you are!!
As I brought up earlier— they prey on all types of people, treat the ones that fit their outdated ideas better. They claim to be a progressive and welcoming place, (just take one look at their homepage) however, they've shown anything but. They are not allies unless it suits their own needs at the time and makes them money... Or garners ad revenue. They'll scream gay rights during pride month, and rip down the rainbow flags and flag content creators like trash right after.
And ultimately actions speak louder than words ever will.
So why are they as a VIDEO MAKING SITE, trying to find out these things about ANYONE? LET ALONE CHILDREN??
Honestly we should just deplatform YouTube as an entire site at this point.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.