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Web videos used to be in QuickTime, Windows Media, Real Video, etc. It was a mess to deal with all of those formats, plus the videos would play in an external a
by chrisaycock 16y ago
Web videos used to be in QuickTime, Windows Media, Real Video, etc. It was a mess to deal with all of those formats, plus the videos would play in an external application.
YouTube popularized Flash-based video, which could play directly in the browser. It's ironic now since the rage is HTML5 and getting away from Flash...
- ashitvora 16y agoBut right now also there are many other platforms like Vimeo, Blip.tv, Daily Motion, etc. but still nobody is even close to Youtube's popularity.
- chrisaycock 16y agoFirst mover's advantage. YouTube got lots of videos in the beginning, so it had far more content than anyone else for such a long time. The only way to really usurp that is to have exclusive content, which is what Hulu and YouTube-owned Vevo both have.