04/09/2024

This is the Most Important App in America

Spoiler alert: It is YouTube

You think you know YouTube. It’s where billions of people learn how to change a tire, follow a favorite yoga workout or catch footage of Monday’s solar eclipse.

But maybe you don’t know that YouTube is also the most popular way to hear music and one of the country’s largest cable TV providers. YouTube is the healthiest economy on the internet. And it has been rocket fuel for artificial intelligence.

I’m digging into YouTube’s identity because it’s essential to understand the influence of technologies in our lives. As popular as YouTube is, its power over the internet and us is somehow still underrated.

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Washington Post.