Talking About Social Media 'Influencers' and 'Star Trek': Midnight's Edge's Fake News on Star Trek Canon

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On Quora, someone who watches too many YouTube videos by "social media influencers" asks:

How do you feel knowing that the Star Trek prime timeline is not canon? This includes Discovery and Kelvin.
I feel that individuals who get their knowledge about canonicity in any franchise, be it Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter, the MCU, the DCEU, or James Bond, from an opinionated YouTube video creator need to stop depending on YouTube as a reliable source.
The Star Trek Prime timeline - a construct made necessary when Paramount Pictures greenlit Star Trek (2009) a decade ago - was never de-canonized. Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Enterprise, and Star Trek: Discovery comprise the Prime Star Trek universe as far as CBS, the current owners of the TV franchise, are concerned.
It matters not, from a consumer’s standpoint, that Paramount Pictures and CBS have to share the Star Trek brand as far as canon goes. Per CBS, the films based on Star Trek (including the less-loved Kelvin Timeline trio) are also canon.
Paramount and CBS may not be Viacom components anymore. However, they still have an amicable partnership when it comes to making new Star Trek content. 
I hate having to say this, but that YouTube video-maker’s opinion is just that, opinion.

And no, I'm not going to waste another hour of my time watching this video again!

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