Re: I can smell something... smells a lot like bullshit
Depends on how you define force feed.
My TV has a YouTube app. A few clicks on the remote and I get videos and ads. I assume Google may pay the TV manufacturer for their place in the list. Whereas if I want to watch a non-ad, non-algorithm free video service - I can't. Well yes I could go upstairs and watch it on my desktop with much smaller screen or laptop with its tinny speaker.
Theoretically I could use the TV web browser. But have you tried? It's designed to be be a non-functioning feature for all but the most masochistic. The bottom line is these companies don't force you - but tilt the playing field so sharply that no matter where you want to kick the ball its ends up monetised in their net.
And creators have to go where the viewers are. And the viewers go to where the creators are - whether the creator is commercial or doing it for free.