Tell that to my biological clock that is constantly wonky. Regurlarly I'm lucky to get 2-4 hours of sleep during workday nights, until I get so tired that I crash completely during weekends and have to sleep, wake, sleep, wake for like 12 hours, to feel somewhat rested. These shifts throws me off even more, so I'm basically down to 20-30% efficency at work, for weeks after the shift in both ends.

The word you are looking for is: autocannibalism. It's about time really, the industry has been waving their weapons for decades with their lawsuits, I'm quite happy to see them bleed on their own terms. You reap what you sow.

Damn right! They've tried to have their cake and eat it too for decades and now that it's FINALLY biting them in the ass, they are crying about it? Well, cry me a fucking river.

Just like the TSA approved physical locks for luggage, which is just like a backdoor - backdoors in software is a bad idea, Apple or not. Those physical locks could have well designed locks, but those TSA bypasses could be opened with little to no effort, especially when you could find the schematics for the keys and locks online. Backdoors WILL be found by criminals, it's just a question of time when it's in the wild.

No, no, they're just resting ...

Looking at the big Silicon Valley SoMe companies, this is pretty obvious. It's obvious which way they lean and that they are likely to do what they can to silence differing views. They are not even TRYING to hide it either.

I agree on most of your points, but 2FA does not help against phishing.

You are wrong of course. YouTube, aka Google, do have a choice. They can respond with, yes, we will take this down, as soon as a court order forces us to, because of a judgement made in a court of law. They CHOOSE not to that, because it's the easy way for them, and that it only hurts small time creators, who have no way to dispute or recourse against these huge cooperations. They don't have to, they chose to solve it this way.

Which is why content creators should sue the company making false DMCA-take-downs. I smell class action here.

Sorry, but those statements does not contradict each-other. One can agree that it's wrong of Github to do business with ICE and give someone kudos for quitting their jobs, because they think this is wrong - without wanting to give them a new job because of it. There is no contradiction here. Because someone suddenly quitting their job is a clear liability, there is no good reason to hire such people.

Ntaaaaw! Did the snowflake meet someone with more experience and knowledge about the world? Sorry kiddo, ICE acts on behalf of the lawgivers of the US - if you don't like the laws, vote for someone who will change them, I think that's how that system works. That's how it works in my country at least.

Stop selling the same game year after year and release them without gambling mechanics. You know, go back to making good games, instead of making digital year limited casinos, with the sole purpose of filling their pockets with my hard earned money. At this point, I'm not touching an EA-game, with a ten-foot pole. They have spent YEARS making it harder and harder to trust them and their releases, so it will almost take a miracle to gain that trust back.

Yep. I mean, I'm part of the "older" generation as I'm closing in on the big 4-0. What I love about YT is that I can find information on everything. Right now, I'm trying to grow chili peppers in my tiny flat. There are more information than I could ever be able to consume on that topic in a lifetime, available right at my fingertips. Not when some company decides that I should be able to watch it, but when I want to. To every channel will be content with perfect lighting, sound and being well scripted, but it's usually made by people like me. Ordinary folks that are passionate about the topic. Nerds. They cover every part of the process, for how to make seeds sprout, how much water to give them, what fertilizers to use, how and how much to prune them, what lights to use. I mean, every question that I have and every question I didn't know I had, are covered. Yeah, I don't have time for linear TV or have 5 subscriptions to different TV-streaming companies. They have lost the battle, until they come up with something new.

You are simply wrong. NetFlix and YouTube offer the same service to me. Leisure time. They offer me a way to spend time, that I do not spend on other activities. They both compete for my time. One day consist of 24h. I spend close to 8 of those working. 6-8h worth of sleeping. That leaves say 8h that I can spend as I like. I work out, transit to-back from work, eat, play the guitar, talk with friends, play games and so on. YouTube and NetFlix does not offer the same content, but they DO compete for my time. As of now, I'd rather watch YouTube than NetFlix. Simply because NetFlix doesn't offer a service worth paying for (in my opinion) in my country.

As a Norwegian, there is NO chance that I will be spending ANY money on NetFlix, as long as they are bound to regional blocks. It just wont happen. Not only is the subscription fee higher here, but it gives access to less content. Compared to the US or UK catalogue, the Norwegian catalogue is a joke. So we are supposed to pay more for less, which is simply not acceptable. It's OK though, I don't miss it. I haven't had a TV or streaming service for close to five years. I work out, play board games, play table-top rpgs, work, play my guitar and play PC-games both alone and with friends, chit-chat over Discord with a bunch of friends every day - I don't have trouble making time fly. I don't have to give NetFlix or any other streaming service my money - they clearly do not want it. If they did want it, they'd offer me a global catalogue, not a stripped catalogue that suddenly pull my favorite show, or have only three seasons out of 20+ seasons of a show. I'd rather not watch, than watch on such lousy terms. I know, I know - it's not technically NetFlixs fault. It's the rights holders, movie studios and so on, but it all boils down to this - offer me a service that's worth my money, and I will be HAPPY to give it to you. Offer me lousy service and I'll happily KEEP my money. As of now, the money I do not spend on NetFlix, goes towards a bigger apartment, so that I one day, can be lucky enough to get out of the 27sqm apartment I currently live in. Since my access to money is finite, I make decisions every day where and on what to spend them. Any shitty service with regional blocking of content, is one of them. I cannot shout this loud enough: "I want to buy your product if you are willing to sell it to me!" If you do not want to sell it to me, that is fine - I have finite amount of time too, to spend on leisure. You who have content to sell, are competing with others who offer past time activities. For the passed five years or so, movies and TV have lost to the others. The question such companies should ask them self is: "What can we offer our potential consumers?" , not "What can the consumer offer us?" - because the answer to the latter is easy, it's what they love more than anything in this world - money.