But what about muh brainrot?

Wear Matrix cosplay and jump off a skyscraper. Just believe, Neo!

… something about that image is terrifying and funny to me at the same time. 😅

Probably Akira Toriyama’s art style. RIP, you fucking legend

Could just commission someone on Fiverr for an original artwork

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Holy fuck, how fast was he playing that he needed lube? Lmao

Oh, please don’t misunderstand: I personally don’t really care about leaving Youtube myself, but it’s good to have alternatives/competition. And as I said, there’s no direct competition to Youtube, which does everything they do. Low barrier to entry, a huge amount of money behind it, a self contained eco system with decent tools, barely any political affiliation (afaik), etc.

So, I was more talking about why the majority of people won’t leave for other platforms.

Pretty much everything Youtube does is driven by making the platform profitable. Which, ironically, makes me trust them more with certain things. Not a huge fan of their parent company tho.

God, I hope so. Imagine all of Beethoven’s finger gunk sticking to those keys.

Youtube is my main source of entertainment. I don’t watch regular TV, and I barely watch any movies or series. Doesn’t have anything to do with an addiction, it’s personal preference lmao

I know about Nebula, but you have to admit, the barrier to entrance is a lot higher for most people because of the subscription fee, so it’s not necessarily a direct comparison. Some of my favourite content creators are on there.

Didn’t know about Odysee. As far as I can see, that platform uses crypto for payments, which could also act as a deterrent to some people.

As for Rumble: Personally, I wouldn’t touch anything related to JD Vance with a ten foot pole (he’s a pretty big investor). And one of their biggest channels seems to be by Andrew Tate (ew). To be fair, I couldn’t tell you for sure that Youtube doesn’t take money from any of them in some form. But they seem to be more of an equal opportunity offender lol.

The problem is, there’s just no (good) direct competition. The audience will follow creators once enough of them switch to the same alternative platform. But as long as there’s no platform with a comparable amount of money behind it, most people will continue to use Youtube.

On the other hand, there’s a lot of people who need to be handheld through the experience. Maybe this is even their first ever video game.

Ideally, it would be an optional thing, but oh well.

Is that a doll? There’s a thing behind her that looks like a stand 🤔

Does Fortnite count? Playing against cracked out 10 year olds, who build a fortification faster than you can say “fortification” is stressful as fuck

Isn’t that stuff usually a creative decision by the voice director?

Oh no, I’m not under any illusion that my data is safer with any of them lol. I’m just saying that that’s why the US doesn’t ban American social networks/companies. Because it’s all about control.

No, they love those, since that data goes to the US government instead of to the CCP

Can’t wait for all the weird VR sex stuff that’s in the book lol

It’s a way smaller userbase, but imagine what Facebook does with the Quest headsets

Blizzard is already pretty infamous for adapting their games for the Chinese market, by removing or replacing certain numbers/symbolism or objects like skulls. So, it’s already been happening for a long time.