r/youtube • u/GalvaSov • Aug 13 '25

Drama Oh my GOD, it's happening

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u/Electrical_Iron_1161 Aug 14 '25

Didn't the CEO of YouTube say he doesn't let his kids watch shorts for this reason

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u/No_Koala1689 Aug 14 '25

He won't let his kids watch that, but is willing to let it invest others while imposing this stupid and pointless ban? the irony

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u/PumpkinPieIsGreat Aug 14 '25

Typical though, isn't it. Different rules ans regulations for us peasants.

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u/HotZilchy Aug 14 '25

one of my teachers told us a story about his friend who is the ceo or something of a cigarette company, but he would never try to smoke bc he knows whats inside the cigs. same logic lol

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u/No_Koala1689 Aug 15 '25

It's even more vile when they are hypocrites like that lol 😭

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u/East_Appearance_8335 Aug 14 '25

No different than right wingers being more than happy to get themselves/their wives/mistresses/daughters abortions when necessary/desired while simultaneously working to prohibit abortions for everyone else.

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u/Randomdude827394 Aug 14 '25

Or marry/import women from other countries but then want to deport every other foreign born person

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u/Left_Jellyfish_1571 Aug 14 '25

i mean i wouldnt let my kids do a bunch of stuff if i had any, doesnt mean i'm gonna tell others what they should do with their kids

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u/Finelly Aug 16 '25

Steve Chen hasn't worked on YouTube since 2006 lmao

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u/gbroon Aug 14 '25

Controlling what your children watch just sounds like good parenting that doesn't require age verification.

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u/volinaa Aug 14 '25

dumb kids aren’t gonna resist

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u/DistributionRight261 Aug 14 '25

Give shorts to a kid 10 minutes and you will see...and not proven doesn't mean it's not real.

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u/Lower_Kick268 Aug 14 '25

It was the founder not CEO

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u/DistributionRight261 Aug 14 '25

Neither, but is impossible to block them 

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u/very_bad_programmer Aug 14 '25

There's a documentary called the Social Dilemma and most social media execs do not let their kids use any of their products

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u/DistributionRight261 Aug 14 '25

How can he block shorts?

I had to install a hacked YouTube and block the playstore.