YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down after nine years at the helm

[Orchid]

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https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/16/23602759/youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-stepping-down-neal-mohan-google

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down from her post, she announced in an email sent to employees that YouTube posted publicly on Thursday. Wojcicki has been at Google for nearly 25 years but will be stepping back to “start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.”

Neal Mohan, currently YouTube’s chief product officer, will be taking over as head of the video streaming service. After serving as Google’s senior vice president of display and video ads for many years, Mohan joined YouTube in 2015 and has been one of Wojcicki’s primary lieutenants ever since. According to Wojcicki, Mohan played “pivotal roles” in the development of several YouTube products, including YouTube TV, YouTube Music, Premium, and Shorts, and also led the company’s trust and safety team.

I don't know how I feel about this. YouTube has been going downhill (in my opinion). YouTube is not like it once was in the past. Most of the features that Neal Mohan had implemented, such as shorts, YouTube Music and Premium, are features that I never use. I don't think YouTube will change/run differently with this new CEO.

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down after nine years at the helm.

 

[Andrew999]

Not sure if it was up to Susan, but Youtube in the last few years especially has had a lot more censorship and has been going downhill quite a lot. Another thing is there has been way more ads then back in the day.

 

[Nightwalker]

Youtube Music and Premium are a must for me, I really like the service, but I agree that the platform is becoming more annoying with ads and censorship.

 

[ForgottenSeer 98186]

censorship.

During the past 30 years the main concern was diminishing privacy.

Now the world has moved into a new era where censorship is considered acceptable. They'll all argue that it is to fight against "misinformation" and "fascists" to justify their censorship.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

As long as YouTube can be blocked by uBlock Origin I'll continue to use it for music and security videos. The minute adblocking stops working I won't return.

 

[brambedkar59]

And the new guy is the one who removed dislike button from YT.

 

[Orchid]

With all of the censorship going on and the downgrade of content on YouTube, I have been searching for alternatives. Some of the good YouTube creators I watched have migrated or moved to Odysee. Odysee is like YouTube but without ads and no corporate content. Internet users won't find News Channels, clips of Late Night Shows, or Music Videos here. However, for some Content Creators that stick to YouTube, I use FreeTube (a private YouTube client). FreeTube doesn't send any information about what you watch to YouTube/Google and shows no ads when watching a YouTube video. FreeTube or Odysee might be an interest to some of you.

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