United Airlines has banned the use of mobile phones playing audio/video contents without Headphones. Should have been done by every Airline, Railways, Bus Transportation System etc. long back. Not only them, but playing audio-video contents on mobile phones at public places without headphones should also be banned at Coffee Shops, Restaurants, Public Places. People playing YouTube Reels, Videos, Instagram blabbering, at public places without using Headphones, anticipate that the person sitting or standing next to him/her would also enjoy their brain rot, or, 24/7 commentary videos. And as you cannot argue, you end up vacating that seat or place only.
You won’t believe, and in my earlier blogs also wherein I’ve shared the screenshots, almost a decade or less back, whereas Tweets or Emails that I had sent to these Social Media Platforms viz. Twitter, YouTube, Playstore etc. And I indirectly specifically solicited them to either make them Subscription Based, or, make User Registration Compulsory & Mandatory, and not further to arbitrarily assign these Blue Checks which they were doing since the year 2014-15; rather, make it Pay Per User based, the policy which was eventually implemented in 2022 by Elon Musk. Alas, it was already too late to do that! I also indirectly solicited for YouTube to stop their ridiculous Monetisation programs, rather, monetize it either vide Ads, or, Subscription based, leaving on the Prerogatives of the Content Creator! Yet, they monetised even the Clickbaits, 24/7 News Blabbering & Commentaries. But then I realized one thing -> Maybe, these owners and employees of social media since 2005, wanted to recreate their own nostalgia of childhood what they always wanted to spread on the Internet. And when they got the funding from the similar behaviour & traits driven Private Equities or Angel Investors, they got & created what they wanted.
What the Australian Government did last year by banning it for the under 16, or, what now different governments are pondering to introduce mandatory KYC features for Social Media Platforms; which you won’t even believe I already wrote and published in my Blogs, long-long back, shared even the screenshots, as early as 2013; and also shared with them! Yet, their childhood nostalgia thrived on the Internet!
Take this algorithm anomaly. I mostly watched Cat related videos on YouTube, or, listen to some music. Yet, my home screen would pop-up the listed category contents that I haven’t even ever watched, unrelated to the contents I watch, out of nowhere! How? And due to such many reasons, I unsubscribed!
So, coming back to the Topic! After this decision that the Social Media platforms are addictive, can it be used to stop USERs playing the audio/videos contents’ without headphones at the Pubic Places? The answer is -> Yes! And that must happen at the earliest!
Am I missing something?😊
© Pranav Chaturvedi
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