As well as being covered in community posts, ads, and shorts. I think if I looked at Youtube for the first time and it was like this, I’d delete it.
Because Netflix has games.
Because FUCKING LINKEDIN has games.
linked in? really? what they got, resume stacker?
The same reason they do everything they do - money. Never assume malice that which can be explained by greed.
I mean, why not malice out of greed?
It’s a play on Hanlon’s razor.
GAMES ON YOUTUBE?!? LITERALLY 1984, no wait… Farenheit … No not that one… The giver? Hmmm …
Actually it’s not a dystopic thing at all just an ugly design choice
It’s dystopian because of the directions these platforms are going
Go on and describe how.
Peak Lemmy.
they do everything and i mean everything to keep users on their website/apps. i recommend ublock origin + untrap combination, or you could use freetube and import your youtube subscriptions to it to have more privacy.
I tried libretube, but sometimes it just doesn’t work
Is it dystopian to have games?
Yeah, if it’s on a video site that also spies on you and tries to rid you of every dollar they find possible.
But I agree that it’s not too dystopian and I can’t get a grip on what exactly feels off
It’s dystopian that basically every prominent internet platform is going this way
if your trying to get promoted in google, you want your new service to get in front of the audience, and youtube has the audience.