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  • Google scans YouTube videos for information about what products appear in them

    Yes, but not specifically looking for products. They’re scanning to try to learn everything about the video with the goal of better matching suggestions to the interests (as determined by watch history) of viewers.

    The intention is (as always) to increase viewer session time because the more time viewers spend on the platform, the more ads they see and ultimately the more money YouTube makes.

    Of course, that scanning and view history can also be used to target ads with the goal of increasing ad click-thru and conversion (ultimately also driving the profit goal)















  • Obama is less bad than those on either side of him, but his admin at best still represents stagnation, as he failed to address Bush’s crimes

    Just a reminder that it’s a lot faster, easier and cheaper to break things than it is to build or repair them. A “bull in a China shop” like Trump can do a lot of damage in a few seconds, but it takes years to repair.

    Bush had 8 years to cause the damage he caused, it’s not reasonable to expect the next administration to fix all that in the same amount of time, no matter how well intentioned and capable that president is.

    Same with Trump1-> Biden.

    And then you add in obstructionists in congress and senate slowing the process of repair.




  • Only a quarter of the country actively voted for this.

    And among those, I’d bet only a small portion actually understood what they were voting for. There are a lot of unthinking voters who only vote R because that’s what their entire family has always done.

    That said, I still put a lot of blame on the apathetic idiots who couldn’t be bothered to get off their ass to vote at all.

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    The worse thi gs get and the more people start directly feeling the impacts, the more support you will se for taking action