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The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics (futurism.com)
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[โ€“] hoppolito@mander.xyz 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

While I think I agree with your geneal stance, I also believe 'no knowledge is lost' is pure hyperbole.

Aside from many different quasi-documentaries, video essayists and slice-of-life bloggers (whose content is surely backed up on other platforms or by data hoarders) the sheer amount of tacit knowledge of small computer/electronics/hardware repairs and similar, especially in smaller channels, is in no way either 'not knowledge' or not 'lost' should the platform go up in flames tomorrow.

[โ€“] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Before YouTube, people used to share knowledge of how to do shit with computers/electronics/everything on forums. I still go and find info on those forums more often than on YouTube. Nothing would be lost is perhaps a slight over exaggeration, but not a hyperbole. I can't remember the last time I used YouTube for anything else but entertainment.