Old medias are celebrating youtubers as the top influencers of our time. We need more writings investigating how youtube has formalized on-camera presence, how it’s capitalizing our private data and how personal expression has been harnessed to serve status quo. Youtubers are conservative entrepreneurs because youtube is a conservative framework for business and expression. Instead of battling corporations we now need to battle troops of independent entrepreneurs who believe they are expressing their beliefs. Youtube is not serving our rights, it’s cashing in on our dreams.
Eero Yli-Vakkuri