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Wait.. Could this law have a side effect of hurting potential YouTube competitors? Right now we are only concerned about major players, like YouTube, Netflix,
by studentrob 10y ago
Wait.. Could this law have a side effect of hurting potential YouTube competitors?
Right now we are only concerned about major players, like YouTube, Netflix, etc.
With the proposed law, a smaller video service might not be able to focus on a smaller region. Focusing on a smaller group could give a competitor the chance to build up notoriety among that group.
For example, in 2050, each town has its own website capable of hosting videos. The town videos have ads specific to the local population. The pricing of ads could be controlled by that town. For this to work, it might be desirable to be able to limit consummation of the videos to the townspeople. Bandwidth is also used to serve content.
If you're fine with YouTube/Google and Facebook being in charge of ad-pricing from now until the end of time, then this law would not disrupt that vision. But if you expect YouTube to pay different rates, or have any competition, this law might create unreasonable restrictions for new competition.