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Desperate-Lemon5815 t1_j2wwrln wrote

Literally everyone is a hypocrite. Hypocrisy is therefore always an extremely weak criticism. Big companies are too massive to always have consistent policy all the time.

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gillsaurus t1_j2wld02 wrote

IndigoTraveller is a really good Kiwi YouTuber who goes to all these very dangerous countries. His video titles are super clickbait and cringe but his videos are actually very well done.

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wamosknecht t1_j2wfo2t wrote

just be real .. i dont care about skin color or where ppl are from..

i hate ppl equally.

Be black and try to move as a non racist through russia, have fun.

reddit snowflake indeed.

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Andarial2016 t1_j2wf5qx wrote

Woah careful there it almost sounded like you wanted big tech companies to be responsible for their actions and be held accountable as either a platform or a publisher haha that would be silly.

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Glares t1_j2wbqq3 wrote

Regarding the demonetisation policy:

>YouTube and its sister company Google (both owned by Alphabet), first suspended all advertising in Russia last week after the Russian government asked the tech giant to stop allowing any ads in the country related to the invasion of Ukraine, which started on Feb 24. But YouTube went a step further on Thursday, stopping Russian creators from making any money off of a large percentage of their audiences.

>“This means that Russian creators won’t be able to monetize content from viewers in Russia, but can still make money from ads and other monetization products shown to users in countries outside of Russia,” the spokesperson continued.

So they still can profit over every other country, just not Russians. This means a channel in English with large international appeal (such as this one) will be much less effected than one targeting a local Russian audience. This doesn't seem like the most unfair solution to a company like Alphabet pulling out of Russia.

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MustFixWhatIsBroken t1_j2vh39i wrote

It's a lot easier to move in dangerous countries if you aren't from a nation famous for pillaging it. Americans and Europeans don't fare well in non-westernised African nations because historically, they've been massive assholes who deserve everything they get.

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jayshutts OP t1_j2uvfft wrote

He was monetized, but when Russia invaded Ukraine and sanctions were imposed, this included YouTube channels.

He doesn't advertise his content using "demonetized" at all, I have just said he is and am more impressed he is keeping going.

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potato-shaped-nuts t1_j2ub4be wrote

I wonder if it using “demonetized” as a marketing asset means that the term has now entered the vernacular and we can all agree that social channels actively editorialize the content they host.

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