i don't know what the average viewpoint is but what i hear often is that people here often think of china and usa as similar "devils" (note: i don't agree with this, i think china is a lot better). people are like "these massive countries are the same shit in a different package. america, china, both bad".

so with that said, i think a lot of people would have issues moving over because they're already used to youtube and everyone's there anyway.

But let's pretend they're identical, as a thought experiment:

I would rather have two Googles forced to compete with each other than one monopoly

And as a US consumer I'm much safer having my personal data harvested by a Chinese Google than a US Google. The latter is fully integrated with advertizers and surveillance that have actual legal and economic power over me.

like HOW can a company be worse than google?

Maybe I should mail them and ask to join the fediverse

is that true?