The hidden cost of a populace that thinks centralized government creates a level playing field is that honest business will drown and suffocate. Even if Odysee survives the auction, it will lose it's entire purpose.

Now that YouTube is escalating against adblockers, abandoning legal video streaming is a solid option.

Edit: IPFS still exists. Other alternative technologies exist. The signal to noise ratio of the mainstream web continues to deteriorate, possibly to the point where a critical mass of dissatisfied web surfers flee to sustain alternatives. Hopefully within my lifetime.

Edit 2: Random example of actual alt-tech, and its current hurdles.

The hidden cost of a populace that thinks centralized government creates a level playing field is that honest business will drown and suffocate. Even if Odysee survives the auction, it will lose it's entire purpose.

Now that YouTube is escalating against adblockers, abandoning legal video streaming is a solid option.

Edit: IPFS still exists. Other alternative technologies exist. The signal to noise ratio of the mainstream web continues to deteriorate, possibly to the point where a critical mass of dissatisfied web surfers flee to sustain alternatives. Hopefully within my lifetime.

The hidden cost of a populace that thinks centralized government creates a level playing field is that honest business will drown and suffocate. Even if Odysee survives the auction, it will lose it's entire purpose.

Now that YouTube is escalating against adblockers, abandoning legal video streaming is a solid option.