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YouTube isn't a monopoly, their competition is one click away.

ISP's are often regional monopolies or even if they're not, the switching costs are large and usually involve breaking a 2-year exclusivity agreement.

I do think that YouTube shouldn't be censoring content based on political views, but it's also not at all comparable to an ISP.



> YouTube isn't a monopoly, their competition is one click away.

The mere existence of competitors does not preclude one from having a monopoly.


By definition, it does "A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity" [0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly


Call them a de facto monopoly then.




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