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> No, it means they've started promoting crap for monetizing and penalizing things that people actually want to see.

Could you explain this part? I thought the whole issue was YT was being more selective about the videos they monetized with ads.

> Given the human scum that are advertisers, I doubt anything could reflect poorly on them.

If that was true boycotting brands wouldn’t be effective. But it is VERY effective. Ask Sean Hamburg or Dr. Laura (among many others).




Here's a perspective on the former issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZakJFqdpRY




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