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With all their recent moderation changes over the years Youtube have stupidly opened themselves up to these kinds of lawsuits and it'll be what opens up oportun

With all their recent moderation changes over the years Youtube have stupidly opened themselves up to these kinds of lawsuits and it'll be what opens up oportunity for a competitor to take over. The DMCA take down system was a legal requirement and one that was hands off, submission, manual verification and action. By moderating things like hacking or covid videos automatically they have opened a massive can of litigation smack down on themselves.

ravenstine 6y ago
A competitor would have to do a lot, unfortunately, to compete with YouTube. YouTube is so much more than just video hosting, and enough time has passed without any serious competition that YouTube is nearly insurmountable. Sure, you can make a YouTube "clone" easily, but does it support live streaming at large scale? Does it allow for superchats? Can it serve 4k? What about buying and watching shows and movies? The only thing that comes close to competing is TikTok, which is a gimmick and not truly in the same space. There's BitChute, but because that becomes the refuge for all the people kicked off YouTube, it's easy for the media to paint them as "far right"; the same will likely be true for anyone who creates a real alternative to YouTube.
- tpmx 6y ago
  The technical implementation isn't the the fundamental moat. The real moat is the advertising/monetization. The ad revenue drives content creators and now in 2020 likely the (presumably quite insane) operating costs. Sadly the harsh, Disney-esque moderation appears to have been necessary for this. This is also why it seems unlikely why we'll see an alternative, more open Youtube: It won't be able to able to compete on ad revenue. It has taken Google 14 years to get to this level. I wonder how many 10s of billions of dollars have been spent in the process.

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With all their recent moderation changes over the years Youtube have stupidly opened themselves up to these kinds of lawsuits and it'll be what opens up oportun

by jaimex2 6y ago

ravenstine 6y ago
A competitor would have to do a lot, unfortunately, to compete with YouTube. YouTube is so much more than just video hosting, and enough time has passed without any serious competition that YouTube is nearly insurmountable. Sure, you can make a YouTube "clone" easily, but does it support live streaming at large scale? Does it allow for superchats? Can it serve 4k? What about buying and watching shows and movies? The only thing that comes close to competing is TikTok, which is a gimmick and not truly in the same space. There's BitChute, but because that becomes the refuge for all the people kicked off YouTube, it's easy for the media to paint them as "far right"; the same will likely be true for anyone who creates a real alternative to YouTube.
- tpmx 6y ago
  The technical implementation isn't the the fundamental moat. The real moat is the advertising/monetization. The ad revenue drives content creators and now in 2020 likely the (presumably quite insane) operating costs. Sadly the harsh, Disney-esque moderation appears to have been necessary for this. This is also why it seems unlikely why we'll see an alternative, more open Youtube: It won't be able to able to compete on ad revenue. It has taken Google 14 years to get to this level. I wonder how many 10s of billions of dollars have been spent in the process.