> If you force Google alone to amplify certain speech then what competitive advantage does a less censorious service provide?

If that's the only "advantage" another service has, I don't care if it has no competitive advantage. If it offers anything else then that's the advantage.

Seriously this idea is super weird to me. There are plenty of reasons to avoid too much regulation. But "don't force company X to make their users happier because happy users won't leave" is a terrible reason.

>Define “suck less”. Now ask yourself if you are comfortable with someone you completely disagree with defining what sucks less.

A big part of the "if" is that people are making their own evaluations.

> You’re talking about antitrust

I am not talking about antitrust. I'm saying that the bigger and more powerful a corporation gets the further it is from a human and human rights.

> Compelled speech is an erosion of the first amendment. You may think that erosion is acceptable but you can’t deny it exists.

In this case, barely at all, and it's the same one we already have for common carriers.

> If that's the only "advantage" another service has, I don't care if it has no competitive advantage. If it offers anything else then that's the advantage.

The value proposition of a less censorious YouTube alternative is exactly that it is less censorious. You’re seemingly arguing against free markets.

> Seriously this idea is super weird to me. There are plenty of reasons to avoid too much regulation. But "don't force company X to make their users happier because happy users won't leave" is a terrible reason.

The problem with compelled speech is that the government should not be in the business of deciding what kind of speech makes people happy.

> A big part of the "if" is that people are making their own evaluations.

People should have the freedom to choose the media they consume. Compelled speech takes that choice away from them by putting the government in the position of making that decision for the people. This distorts the marketplace of ideas.

I don’t have time to read every comment or email or watch every video. Private content moderation is a value add and a form of expression. We need competition in that space, not government restriction.

> I am not talking about antitrust. I'm saying that the bigger and more powerful a corporation gets the further it is from a human and human rights.

If your problem with Google is how much influence they have then yes, you are talking about antitrust. That’s the regulatory mechanism by which excessive corporate influence can be restricted.

> In this case, barely at all, and it's the same one we already have for common carriers.

“A little” is still more than nothing which was your previous assertion. You may be comfortable with the rising temperature of our shared pot of water but I say it is a cause for concern.