Why is YouTube BANNED? | Ep 99
Sat Dec 06 2025
Daniel & David get together this week to analyse what has actually been quite a few busy weeks in tech. Samsung, with ANOTHER launch, have thrown out the Galaxy Z TriFold, and the boys discussed the viability of a phone that unfolds into an actual tablet. This then prompted David to discuss what the actual point is of tablets and, more specifically, iPads.
Attention turned pretty sharply towards YouTube, as big news out of Australia is that the government has BLOCKED & BANNED all social media for under-16s in a crackdown on cyberbullying and targeted algorithms. In amongst that ban is YouTube, and Daniel & David discuss the benefits, but also the very real concerns of blocking out the youth from something as positive as YouTube might cause.
Apple are seeing mass executive exodus in droves in the last week, Daniel updates on studio life and gives insights into the corporate Samsung world & Australia is smashing England in the ashes. All that and more in Episode 99 of Minus Sixteen!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
01:06 A quick Ashes catch-up and Daniel’s new studio
02:04 The Samsung Z Trifold
06:30 Will Samsung Z Trifold actually sell?
11:35 Trifold versus tablets
13:48 The iPad life
22:19 Apple Replay, Spotify Unwrapped & YouTube ReCap
24:34 The social media ban in Australia
28:07 Parental controls
36:02 Why all the redundancies at Apple?
39:50 The truth of working in a tech corporation
40:54 Sharing your data with Apple & Samsung
44:18 Focus groups
46:32 Samsung’s Korean HQ
48:14 The benefits of working in a team
49:110 Minus Sixteen is about to turn 100
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Daniel & David get together this week to analyse what has actually been quite a few busy weeks in tech. Samsung, with ANOTHER launch, have thrown out the Galaxy Z TriFold, and the boys discussed the viability of a phone that unfolds into an actual tablet. This then prompted David to discuss what the actual point is of tablets and, more specifically, iPads. Attention turned pretty sharply towards YouTube, as big news out of Australia is that the government has BLOCKED & BANNED all social media for under-16s in a crackdown on cyberbullying and targeted algorithms. In amongst that ban is YouTube, and Daniel & David discuss the benefits, but also the very real concerns of blocking out the youth from something as positive as YouTube might cause. Apple are seeing mass executive exodus in droves in the last week, Daniel updates on studio life and gives insights into the corporate Samsung world & Australia is smashing England in the ashes. All that and more in Episode 99 of Minus Sixteen! Chapters: 0:00 Intro 01:06 A quick Ashes catch-up and Daniel’s new studio 02:04 The Samsung Z Trifold 06:30 Will Samsung Z Trifold actually sell? 11:35 Trifold versus tablets 13:48 The iPad life 22:19 Apple Replay, Spotify Unwrapped & YouTube ReCap 24:34 The social media ban in Australia 28:07 Parental controls 36:02 Why all the redundancies at Apple? 39:50 The truth of working in a tech corporation 40:54 Sharing your data with Apple & Samsung 44:18 Focus groups 46:32 Samsung’s Korean HQ 48:14 The benefits of working in a team 49:110 Minus Sixteen is about to turn 100