I think it is different because content creators were lured onto these platforms to help them build it up, under the pretense that we would be able to build our businesses there, now they sweep the rug out from under us, and cut us off from the following that we built...I think that is a pretty shitty deal
And there arent any alternatives...sure we have steemit, but only 1% the people who follow my work on facebook can even figure out how to get an account on here.
When facebook, youtube and google essentially have a cartel in online publishing, it is effectively censorship when they prevent messages from reaching people. It is different than someone getting thrown in a cage for saying something sure, but these platforms can control the diologue with the information they allow people to see and that is a form of censorship