I disagree with the statement.Youtube is a site where members get to upload their own personal home videos or any other videos they want to upload. In Youtube's early days, many people abused Youtube as a way to upload movies for people to easily download them causing many copyright infringements until the site administrators introduced measures like restricting all videos uploaded to be only 10 minutes long and also by making it extremely difficult for people to download videos off Youtube.This is evidence that Youtube administrators did not create the site for the sole purpose of making money otherwise they could just let people keep uploading movies and then charge other users for dowloading or viewing them.
Furthermore, when advertising firms pushed for YouTube to screen mandatory advertisements before they showed viewers the video that they wished to view, the creators of YouTube refused to do so despite knowing that it would help increase their revenues.
Many have claimed that YouTube was probably created to give movie makers a platform to showcase their works and also for people to view these videos so entertainment is a main purpose of YouTube.
However, lately there have been a number of videos that give tips on how to handle certain medical issues ranging from attention deficit disorder to effective use of inhalers. An example would be a set of instuctive video clips posted by Phil Commander on how to help autistic children. Which shows that YouTube was not created mainly for entertainment as the did not remove these informative clips even though they take up alot of their much needed storage capacity.
One may also argue that users can post pornographic,racist videos and or other kinds of content that could cause serious social implications.But, YouTube has created a system where offended parties can "flag" a video which will signal the employees to look into the matter and take down the video should it truly be offensive. This disproves the statement that YouTube has no morals.
In conclusion, although it was possible for YouTube to make money out of its users, the administrators did not do so. Although YouTube was created mainly for entertainment, it also hosts videos that teach viewers certain lessons at the cost of storage capacity. Although YouTube can purposely neglect taking down offensive content, the administrators and their emlpoyees take time and effort to remove them. Which proves that YouTube does hav ethics and strives to provide entertainment and also information to all its viewers with minimal monetary incentives.
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