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I often think about how YouTube was the bargain of the century. YouTube would be one if the biggest companies ever if it had remained independent.

• bruceb 6y ago
  Problem with them was the massive about of money they were burning on servers and being sued by RIAA (Music companies) and MPAA (Film companies) among others. They needed a big infusion of capital. Instagram on the other hand could have remained independent and succeeded.
  • prox 6y ago
    I think instagram is one of the (few) companies that could eventually have eclipsed Facebook really.
    • jiofih 6y ago
      Which is the exact reason they paid a billion dollars to acquire it.
• tehlike 6y ago
  I feel similar for android.
  • boltefnovor 6y ago
    Android needed google to grow, YouTube didn’t.
    • tehlike 6y ago
      Google acquired android for 50m$.
• GlitchMr 6y ago
  I don't think YouTube would have been one of the biggest companies if it remained independent. The problem is that YouTube is still not profitable, and also without a support from a big company like Google they would be sued into oblivion by MPAA and RIAA.