>>86424799YouTube/Google has neutered its algorithm repeatedly in order to NOT give people what they want to watch or what they would watch. For example I would watch a pewdiepie video over a jake paul video, but which one does YouTube's algorithm push? You know the answer to this.
>>86428421>Is it your contention that the new algorithms don't result in more viewership hours?Correct, it doesn't result in more viewership hours.
YouTube has never been profitable, ever.
People are confused as to what late stage capitalism is. Early capitalism pushes what gets the most views from users, this is how the algo used to work. This is the "good" type of capitalism that lolberts love to champion.
Example:
Star Ocean 3 content. Let's say I want to go watch Star Ocean 3 videos because I just finished playing the game.
How many search results will it give me until I am given results that aren't what I want?
Answer: 5.
It will start to shill whatever music is popular, what brainrot shorts is popular, or whatever political message they want into search results.
>you searched star ocean, are you sure you didn't mean>elden ring, dark souls, black myth wukong, concord????There is also a big issue on the platform with bots and indian spam, which inflates video views to enormous numbers.
