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White House Ditches YouTube
An anonymous reader writes to tell us that in an apparent response to privacy complaints, the White House has quietly moved off of YouTube as a method for serving the President's weekly video address. Choosing instead to use a Flash-based solution and Akamai's content delivery network, this comes just days after YouTube began to roll out their own new policies regarding privacy of visitors.
Well for one thing it cost the public nothing.
And it is a very popular site so a lot of people might see it. No different that letting networks cover speeches or news conferences.
Finally because it is free.
This new system will require the government to pay for the band width, development, and administration of the streaming site.
It still depends on Flash as well.
I just hope they block overseas views so our taxes don't pay for that bandwidth. Just like the the BBC does with it's feeds.
See my blog http://ilovecookes.blogspot.com/ for light hearted technical information.
1. It is a youtube link. Who doesn't go to youtube?
Me. A lot of other people I know who run Linux. It depends on Flash, and the GNU implementation of Flash is rather broken. I refuse to use the nonfree version, and it doesn't work with anything else, so...
Still think using a free service that everybody and their dog uses makes a lot more sense than paying for it.
Only if you are a YouTube/Google fan boy.
Troll? For valuing my freedom above the ability to watch 3 minute segmented episodes of anime and the other things of critical importance residing on youtube, I get modded troll?
If Gnash worked with Youtube, I'd use it. But it doesn't, whether through some error of my own, mirrored across my circle of friends, or due to some defect. Since I refuse to install a nonfree application *just* to go to youtube, I don't go. Don't assume that absolutely everyone uses youtube.