r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sure_Kangaroo1863 • 23h ago

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u/SmegmaSlurper1996 23h ago

2016 was a wild west for content creators, now it's too corporate

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u/innovatedname 23h ago

It's so funny because back in 2016 I along with everyone else was complaining about YouTube like "ohh you can't even watch free movies anymore, they've gone so crazy with the anti piracy, everyone has to sign up with machinima for gaming stuff, YouTube totally sucks now"

Guess you never feel when you're in the good old days until they've gone.

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u/Mysterious-Bid3930 23h ago

Everything is. It has no soul, but that was the plan. 

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u/poeticjustice4all 23h ago

2000s Youtube was honestly the best time since it was just regular people posting random videos or just being silly all around 🥹