No the point is whether YouTube is better if it allows us to evaluate. I want YouTube to show me darker news and also keep my kid entertained without worry. I don’t want to be treated like the child here though. If I click on a Ukraine war video or I want to find a quote from trump to pick apart there should not be filters preventing it.
The product is better if I am in control. YouTube ought to stay out of it. It does not know my intent. If it guesses wrong it should be criticized, just like a restaurant guessing at my food preferences and allergies.
> I want YouTube to show me darker news and also keep my kid entertained without worry.
This is a different argument.
You already have the agency of being in control, you can pick any platform to watch from. Youtube is exercising it's own right to censor, similar to how you want to censor for your kid, based on what you think is harmful.
Reality is any platform without moderation turns into a cesspool. Individually you want to be in control, but in aggregate the product rots. I can’t really think of any user generated content product without some form of control that hasn’t turned into complete shit. If you know of any please enlighten me.
