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Its not enough to have a competitor. All of the features we have come to dislike about YouTube are a natural consequence of the pressures it faces. High volum
by brandmeyer 7y ago
Its not enough to have a competitor. All of the features we have come to dislike about YouTube are a natural consequence of the pressures it faces. High volume implies moderation by machine along with all of the negative side-effects. Bandwidth, storage, and arithmetic costs imply advertisements with all of their negative side-effects. A large library implies a recommendation engine with all of its negative side-effects.
To be a viable long-term alternative, a competitor will have to break at least one of those fundamental constraints.
- criddell 7y agoOn top of all that, the videos have to be discoverable. If you think Google will ever rank your YouTube competitor above results from YouTube, then we should talk about a bridge I have for sale.