Streaming video is freakin' expensive. You have to pay upfront to transcode the video into many formats and bitrates, or pay more per stream to do it in real-ti

Streaming video is freakin' expensive. You have to pay upfront to transcode the video into many formats and bitrates, or pay more per stream to do it in real-time. Also pay for storage for all the video formats, and video takes a ton of bandwidth when you're paying by the gigabyte. (You could maybe run a video site with the quality and device-compatibility of a early-90's video site for free.)