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I cannot believe I am saying this, but I am rooting for Facebook to build a competition against Youtube.

• malandrew 9y ago
  Ditto. It's nice to see this kind of hubris and dismissal be beaten.
• pythonaut_16 9y ago
  Youtube seems to be one of the more egregious parts of the Google ecosystem. Like sure Gmail has its problems, but ultimately it is an excellent web based email system that's hard to beat because it's a great product. Youtube's main strength seems to be primarily its first mover advantage, and the fact that building a video hosting site is a rather costly venture. Neither of those are a very defensive moat against competitors like Amazon and Facebook
  • holydude 9y ago
    I do not think gmail is an excellent product. For me it's backed by a giant that guarantees its availability and functionality almost anywhere in the world (looking at you China). I would use something else in a blink of an eye.
• iaml 9y ago
  Yeah, my hate for facebook is not going to stop me from enjoying some schadenfreude when facebook hits them hard.
• MarkMc 9y ago
  Why? What's wrong with YouTube? Wouldn't Facebook video have the same problems?