Re: youtube alternatives
COPPA's relegislated every decade, and it was supposed to wait till 2023, but parents pushed it forward to now. The FTC doesn't have a ton of budget however, it may well cost more to reamend than leave it as is. Or the politicians may not vote through the amendments if it comes to a vote.
I can get why comments, notifications and so on are turned off. There's a pedo issue on Youtube and comments and notifications are but one way they get in touch with not just the uploader, but other like minded people. If it's achoice between losing revenue and comments, or ensuring sick motherfuckers don't hurt children, I know which side of the fence I'm on. Notifications are a whole other problem, they never seem to work right, But I understand why this was done, and I actually agree with it*
For instance, you put up a video of you using a cane, and you get hundreds of comments about people being all omg do this with a cane omg you are so sexy with the cane omg you are so sexy with X Y or Z. That happens when people with fetishes find videos and the uploader hasn't turned comments off. Yes, people find canes, Braillers, TTS, etc fetishes, and they will comment the vilest things. For fuck's sake, there's grown ass men asking kids to marry them in YT comments. I get why COPPA was amended. I agree with it from that standpoint.
*Assuming it's handled correctly that is. Assuming a whole lot of hsit, Google doesn't fuck up the algorithm they use and the FTC doesn't take the vageuly worded rules as gospel so to speak, oh, Jimmy has a video with the word 'fun' in the title? FINE! That sorta thing.
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