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Re: YouTube suspended my channel for a video with disclosed issue in Grammarly

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Post by ballenf » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 1:59 PM UTC

I wonder if we'll see a backlash against "plagiarism" being considered cheating? Parallel in some ways to using a calculator.

Re: YouTube suspended my channel for a video with disclosed issue in Grammarly

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Post by Terry_Roll » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 1:59 PM UTC

Is your backup or contingency using something like PeerTube?

Re: YouTube suspended my channel for a video with disclosed issue in Grammarly

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Post by inglor_cz » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 2:00 PM UTC

usr1106 wrote: post #6

altdataseller wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read somewhere they are among their top 10 advertisers. So this is not a good look for YouTube. Hope someone from Google chimes in because this is a PR disaster in the making

I don't think that I have ever seen a single ad for Grammarly on Youtube. Well, Google proably knows that I don't live in an English speaking country. I do see Grammarly ads if I search things like "practice or practise" because I write English every work day. Well, I use Firefox account containers and auto cookie delete everywhere. So Youtube knows little about me writing English. Many people outside the English-spe…

"Many people outside the English-speaking world will never see those adds. Your search bubble is not others."

I am a Czech and I see them all the damn time. Maybe because I consume a lot of English content.

Re: YouTube suspended my channel for a video with disclosed issue in Grammarly

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Post by cobrabyte » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 2:00 PM UTC

usr1106 wrote: post #7

It's called surveillance capitalism for a reason. Remember it's also totalitarianism, you don't have free speech when using free services. (libre vs. free) Edit: Of course lack of free speech is what Trumpists complain about, too. I say the same although I would use free speech for very different content.

> Of course that's what Trumpists say, too

Trump really did break some people.

Re: YouTube suspended my channel for a video with disclosed issue in Grammarly

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Post by megumax » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 2:01 PM UTC

After Grammarly spent millions of dollars on Google ads, I expect them not to accept valid criticism on Google platforms.

But it's unfair to block a guy that talked about a real flaw in Grammarly's plagiarism checker, at least pretend that you allow free speech and take down that video for a random reason specified in your ToS.

Re: YouTube suspended my channel for a video with disclosed issue in Grammarly

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Post by usr1106 » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 2:06 PM UTC

inglor_cz wrote: post #13

usr1106 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that I have ever seen a single ad for Grammarly on Youtube. Well, Google proably knows that I don't live in an English speaking country. I do see Grammarly ads if I search things like "practice or practise" because I write English every work day. Well, I use Firefox account containers and auto cookie delete everywhere. So Youtube knows little about me writing English. Many people outside the English-spe…

"Many people outside the English-speaking world will never see those adds. Your search bubble is not others." I am a Czech and I see them all the damn time. Maybe because I consume a lot of English content.

I generally don't use Youtube a lot and because I never log in they have no profile for me. So they show me random household ads based on location. Very poorly targeted, 90% completely uninteresting stuff. They even don't know my mother tongue :)

Re: YouTube suspended my channel for a video with disclosed issue in Grammarly

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Post by x86_64Ubuntu » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 2:07 PM UTC

altdataseller wrote: post #4

Sosh101 wrote: post #3

I wonder how much money Grammarly have spent with youtube.

I read somewhere they are among their top 10 advertisers. So this is not a good look for YouTube. Hope someone from Google chimes in because this is a PR disaster in the making

I think the importance of this is being grossly overstated.

Re: YouTube suspended my channel for a video with disclosed issue in Grammarly

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Post by dekoruotas » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 2:10 PM UTC

Have you lost access to the associated Gmail account too?

Thinking I might have too many eggs in one basket.

Re: YouTube suspended my channel for a video with disclosed issue in Grammarly

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Post by slantyyz » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 2:12 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #5

Sosh101 wrote: post #3

I wonder how much money Grammarly have spent with youtube.

I also wonder how many users they have.

I also wonder how many paid users they have.

Seems like the starting price is USD $12/mo, which IIRC, costs more than my Office 365 Personal subscription.

Re: YouTube suspended my channel for a video with disclosed issue in Grammarly

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Post by whatch » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 2:13 PM UTC

usr1106 wrote: post #16

inglor_cz wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Many people outside the English-speaking world will never see those adds. Your search bubble is not others." I am a Czech and I see them all the damn time. Maybe because I consume a lot of English content.

I generally don't use Youtube a lot and because I never log in they have no profile for me. So they show me random household ads based on location. Very poorly targeted, 90% completely uninteresting stuff. They even don't know my mother tongue :)

> because I never log in they have no profile for me

Oh I wish this was true