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YouTube became evil the moment we all dislike-bombed their year in review video and they never made another one.
YouTube became evil when google ditched their slogan "don't be evil!".
So, it was evil from the start. It just needed to lure enough uncritical consumers in before enshittification started. Piece by piece.
YouTube became evil the moment Google got involved.
Maybe but YouTube wouldn't have existed if it wasn't for the years Google paid for it with no monetization in sight.
It was doing just fine until Google bought it.