You sound like someone who has never, and will never, create anything worthwhile in your life.

I know all about VidAngels (the company referenced in your link). What's this got to do with Walmart? Again, Walmart doesn't censor. It's so big, it doesn't have to. It tells the artist "We won't sell your stuff unless you provide us with a (clearly marked) clean version," and 9 times out of 10 the artists capitulate because: Money.

>>Without your knowledge or explicit consent.

You are wrong again, Oh Anonymous FUD Purveyor. Whereas it is true that Walmart was instrumental in getting media distributors to produce (*and clearly label as such*) "clean" versions of CDs/DVDs/Downloads/Whatever Else, absolutely no label or studio or artist is going to let them or anyone else pass off an edited/cleaned up edition as anything but that. Some artists refuse to produce "clean" versions of their work, and they're not sold through Walmart.

We may theoretically be a democracy, but we are in fact a representative republic. We elect people we believe will vote the way we would vote on any given issue, in order that every single little matter doesn't require every citizen to go to the ballot box. We base our opinion, in part, upon the politician's character as evinced by his public voting record and statements.

We endure him in New York, bust just barely. It does not matter if there can be no legal teeth to his pronouncements, everything he does is about relaying a carefully focus-grouped sound bite or photo op. His stances on various issues have routinely "evolved" as the political winds have shifted during his career. He is the poster child for everything that is wrong with American politics: descended from political royalty, with the commensurate sense of entitlement, absolutely no moral compass or POV on anything that has not been vetted by pollsters, and a clear and unabashed tie-in to the media.

It only encourages them.

YouTube is making a bet on certain types of music and bands, which is their prerogative as distributors. It's a business practice and relationship as old as the music industry. Meanwhile, you were gifted with a free audition, your work on display and distributed to millions of (potential) fans, and you failed. Carefully study what YouTube's winners have done and try to imitate them and profit, or bravely stay true to your oddball muse and create your art. Recognize that you are still ahead of the game compared to previous generations of starving artists who had no distribution whatsoever.

...is a religion, and msmash is auditioning to be a High Priestess.

YouTube does not owe you a living. The talented and truly worthwhile will survive.

She is not running against a Conservative or even a Republican -- yet. She has to first primary against the current Dem in office. Which means the whole "If you don't vote for me you are some kind of bad phobic person" only serves to fracture the Left. She has also tweeted out EXTREMELY anti-cop screeds, which would make her the darling of the BLM crowd, if the BLM crowd weren't traditionally homo/trans phobic (American politics is funny that way). So the only group that really benefits from Manning running is the GOP, who will face an already bloodied Dem candidate, whether it be Manning or the incumbent.

All companies should âoegive back.â Every person should âoegive back.â I âoegive back.â Do you? Do you NOT think that Disney gives back? I would wager Disney gives back more than most companies. Who TF are YOU to dictate exactly *how* they give back?

You are suggesting that Disney should release Avengers Infinity War and The Last Jedi on YouTube? Or are you suggesting that no movie be made that cannot recoup its costs via YouTube distribution?

>>Please learn to pirate, so that your video habits will stop being used to legitimize the ridiculous idea that software shouldn't be end-user maintainable.

So a studio who paid $100M to create a movie should gift it to you in order that you are able to... do what with it exactly? Copy it onto a second device? A third? Your boyfriend's? Your D&D Club's server? The internet? Help me out with this one... Seems as though if every movie was distributed for free, the creators would lack motivation to give us nice things. What am I missing, I'm not getting the "ridiculous idea" part at all...