FTC has declared that all youtube content which is "child directed" is to be demonetized by Youtube(which could result in all family-friendly youtubers going under due to their reliance on ad revenue). This is coming right after Disney+ is released.

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[–]Otacon 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This doesn't seem like something you can jump ship on. It's an FTC ruling that could likely be applied to any other platform

[–]i_cansmellthat 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ah, I replied a little fast there. Since the youtube new user agreement just recently came out, I was associating it with that.

Seems like a big policing job for one agency, wonder if they will have a committee to monitor, take reports, and if youtube will hire their own compliance group.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Which is probably by design, to keep any competitors from arising because they won't be able to pay the incredible overhead demanded by these regulations. This basically gives youtube a monopoly. This is another example of regulatory capture.