It’s called state communism and america would burn to the ground before it happens
How is being heavily regulated communism? We have that right now for various industries.
What if it was something you were hosting and someone told you what to do? Kind of three antithesis of Lemmy, really.
The difference is the barrier to entry and the size. Realistically, it is very hard to make a YouTube competitor given how high the server costs are and how sticky the platform is.
As a platform (or a company), gets bigger and bigger, it has more influence on society and it’s private status becomes more and more detrimental to the good of humanity.
In the example you said, what I host would not have a huge impact on society, hence I would not need to be as responsible for what I do.
