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One distinction is that AWS has major competitors you could switch to, but YouTube essentially has a monopoly on that kind of content distribution.
by 13of40 9y ago
One distinction is that AWS has major competitors you could switch to, but YouTube essentially has a monopoly on that kind of content distribution.
- emodendroket 9y agoAnother is that AWS customers tend to be businesses with full-time workers and not one person trying to eke out a living.
- jacquesm 9y agoYoutube does not have a monopoly at all. What Youtube has a monopoly on is that your content will get a lot of eyeballs that you don't actually have to do much work for. It's a mall with a large number of people flowing through it rather than just a content distribution engine.