I'm a bit bothered that Pewds, Markiplier and Jacksepticeye haven't covered this. I've seen a lot of comments saying stuff like OMG WE HAVE TO TELL PEWDS, OMG WE HAVE TO TELL MARKIPLIER, but like...we shouldn't have to tell them, they must have seen those annoying 'is your channel for kids or not for kids' thing when uploading their daily videos. How can they NOT know?
Well, you know what they say. You don't get big by causing waves. Plus, those guys are so big they don't need ad revenue. They got brand deals out the wazoo. This is not hurting them, so they don't care.
Truth is, it is not hurting me either at the moment. But I am a justice warrior. It really bothers me to see innocent people being punished for issues that have nothing to do with them. I see this issue and I understand it and why they are doing what they are doing, and it is unjust. Here it is in a nutshell.
Google is an AD company. Google makes money by selling advertising on content. Google markets its ad space based on tracking data they have accumulated about people so they can increase the relativeness of the ads to the viewer. Google success is tied to their ability to deliver highly effective targeted ads. The FTC does not want Google to track children. Google refuses to stop tracking children, so the FTC makes the content creators (where Google places its ads) responsible for the ads Google shows on their content.
The truth is, Google is too big to fail, so the government will never take it down or hurt it enough to really matter. Google provides countless services to so many major corporations around the world, that if it were shut down tomorrow, it would essentially stop commerce around the world. So if the government truly hurt Google, they would seriously hurt industry and commerce in general, because they are co-dependent on Google's services to function. This would seriously hurt the US economy and cause the stock market to crash overnight. They will be playing ice hockey in hell before the government will do that.
So the government cannot REALLY go after Google's throat. So they go after the WEAKEST link. That is us, the small content creators, because we are expendable. We are not responsible for this problem, but we are the ones being punished because we are the weakest link.
This is why the Founders of the U.S. established the Anti-Trust laws. They did not want companies becoming so big and integrated in the system, that to take them out would kill the economy. There are several juggernaut companies like Google today that are so integrated into commerce that they cannot be truly punished to the degree it really hurts them. This might be good for commerce, but it is a really bad thing for Democracy and Justice.
