Bloomberg With Mister Cabet

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"There's a lot in this story about you tue that rings very true. And i'm sort of inclined to think that's the case." "It's really hard to not forget the fact that this is written by blomberg, and bloomberg has a lot less credibility with me than they did six months agoyes," he says. 'The temptation for confirmation by us is extremely high with the storyye'

Ben and James discuss the question of YouTube, why it’s similar and different from Facebook, and why engagement is both alluring and a potential problem.

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YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant — Bloomberg
Ben Thompson: Apple’s Services Event — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Mark Zuckerberg’s Proposal, The Copyright Directive and Sunk Costs — Stratechery Daily Update
Ben Thompson: YouTube and Toxic Videos, YouTube’s Problematic Incentives, Sins of Omission and Commission — Stratechery Daily Update
Ben Thompson: Friction — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: The Pollyannish Assumption — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: The Wall Street Journal and Apple News, The Problem with Regulating Content](https://stratechery.com/2019/the-wall-street-journal-and-apple-news-the-problem-with-regulating-content-australias-terrible-new-law/)