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    It probably would help, as Google couldn’t connect their advertising services that easily with YouTube, and both parties would have to be more independent.

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      Youtube is a money pit. If it had to split from Google, they will need to up monitization pronto or shut down. While I do want Google broken like Bane cracking Batman, there will be casualities. Too many parts of our internet infrastructure exist via subsidization and we use them like utilities. It is going to be messy out there if the FTC succeeds.

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        If your company need to do illegal shit to exist, your company needs to stop existing.

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          Agreed. I feel the same way about youtube going as Reddit did. For some of us, it is just a fun thing. Some people need it because it is their best access to knowledge. I worry for those who need it.