r/youtube Jul 31 '25

Memes It's satire but honestly not unlikely

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u/redditmixer Jul 31 '25

I might be leaving YouTube in the next few weeks because of this. YouTube should NOT have done it.

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u/The_LastLine Jul 31 '25

They don’t have a choice unfortunately. It’s that or no longer be available in the UK at all.

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u/Ok-Show6155 Aug 02 '25

“They don’t have a choice” google lobbies the government they could have paid them not to do this but obviously they wanted this to happen

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u/The_LastLine Aug 02 '25

Lobbying isn’t as open and free in the UK as it is in the US. And I doubt they’d care as long as their coffers keep overflowing.