Old media is worried. New media is eating its lunch! The government needs to do something! Wonder what that is...
Youtube -otherwise known as Satan Incarnate is using dastardly sinister means to hook people into watching more than they intended.Once someone has seen a youtube on eg lawnmowers they will then be presented with 5 other videos on the same subject. The poor viewer does not stand a chance, he has been watching for an hour, seduced by algorythmns that have now stolen his soul, his autonomy, his power of choice and led him down the road to perdition chased by lawnmowers.. This must be stopped!
Regulation! The bbc presenter called Justin is getting quit worked up at this point, most indignant. These tech giants must be regulated.
Hang on a minute, isn't youtube doing what all good businesses do -find out what your customer likes and give him more, similar products, stuff you know he likes? Isn't that what business does and has always done for chrissakes? When I read a book I liked I wanted to read more by the same author -I would go thru their canon. Were they seducing me, hooking me into spending dozens of hours devouring their master works? The fiends!
What about a dictionary? You would look up one word and end up reading it for half an hour seeing words you never seen before and building up your vocabulary. Satanic dictionaries.
Or a bar of chocolate. Should we regulate Mars so they cannot hook us on chocolate?
At least visitors to Youtube are volunteers unlike the Bbc where they are conscripts. Spot the subtle difference. So a State broadcaster is urging the State to regulate a private company because it is eating its lunch.You couldn't as Mr Littlejohn would say, make it up.
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