Wonder if their focus on becoming more TikTok like will open the door to TikTok having the opportunity to take a meaningful chunk of YouTube’s long form video market.
At least, I hope it does.
E: You'd think Google's money would be most effectively spent trying to manipulate that outcome though.
It won't, because the primary rationale for banning TikTok in the US is driven by the CCP-related fear-mongering (whether it is justified or not is a separate question), with a little dash of other common "scary" flavors mixed-in (privacy, algorithms shaping your feed, etc.).
As long as YT/IG/Snapchat aren't companies based in China, the hypothetical banhammer hitting TikTok won't even touch them.
(please note the use of the word "ostensibly" as a caveat before you try to remind me about The Twitter Files)
I've seen arguments that instead of targeting TikTok specifically, we should create a nationwide law similar to GDPR or CCPA, which would also impact other social media.
I tend to agree with this stance, though I don't see it being likely to go through unfortunately.
They are not that shortsighted.
I think the GP might be alluding to:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/faceboo...