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> Something has to pay for that insane amount of storage and bandwidth This is my hill to die on: we already do. I bought a computer and pay an ISP for bandwid
by jazzyjackson 5y ago
> Something has to pay for that insane amount of storage and bandwidth
This is my hill to die on: we already do. I bought a computer and pay an ISP for bandwidth, back when audio and video was just pirated there was no one to demand we watch ads in return for a few pennies of remote storage.
- babypuncher 5y agoYour ISP doesn't cover the storage cost or outbound bandwidth of YouTube's servers. How is YouTube supposed to pay for that without ads or subscriptions?
- Jtsummers 5y agoWell, video streaming, in particular, picked up in the mid-00s. But audio streaming predated it (slightly), as internet radio. It, very often, had ads. Pandora, circa 2005, also had ads (or a paid service). Advertisement in exchange for free access to media is not a novel thing.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoBut what about the poor monopolists? How will their great great grandchildren get paid royalties?
- AnthonyMouse 5y agoA major impediment to this is that Apple prohibits BitTorrent and similar apps on iOS, preventing a P2P YouTube competitor from becoming popular.
- babypuncher 5y agoApple doesn't ban P2P networking as a whole, just file sharing clients that are clearly meant for facilitating piracy. If Joost was still around I highly doubt Apple would block it from the App Store.