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Tech companies realize they owe a lot to their users. They owe them their entire existence, I'd say. It's quite obvious from their behavior and the fact they tr
by written 9y ago
Tech companies realize they owe a lot to their users. They owe them their entire existence, I'd say. It's quite obvious from their behavior and the fact they try to attract and hoard user attention. Users are valuable in general.
It's not like it's one way transfer of value from companies to users.
So why your rhetorical question?
- pmarreck 9y agoBecause if YouTube decided to hoard all ad revenue as of tomorrow (putting aside for a minute how bad of a long-term business decision that would be), that would still not be a valid reason to shoot up the HQ.
- written 9y agoI'm just saying that YouTube and likes of it would be nothing without producers of content, big and small. It's a mutual relationship. Both owe each other their business. It's orthogonal question to the effectiveness of going somewhere and shooting some people.
- fixermark 9y agoIf she took 100% of her business, content, and pageviews away from YouTube, would YT even notice? If not, why does YT owe her anything?