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 2

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.