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For an organization with effectively infinite money, Google is very stingy when it comes entering a new space. Netflix sunk hundreds of millions of dollars on o
by Aunche 5y ago
For an organization with effectively infinite money, Google is very stingy when it comes entering a new space. Netflix sunk hundreds of millions of dollars on originals from the start. For every hit like House of Cards, there was a flop like Marco Polo, but this is still what kept Netflix relevant to this day. Meanwhile, the only YouTube Original I've heard of is Cobra Kai, and even that seemed relatively low budget.
The same goes for Stadia too. The platform is good enough, but there just isn't much incentive for people to join it.
- benbristow 5y agoMKBHD (Marques Brownlee) did some cool YouTube Originals about old-school tech hardware. Worth a watch.
- andrewl-hn 5y agoWeren't they available to free users, too? I remember watching them and I never paid for premium.
- ehsankia 5y agoYep, most latest Originals were just timed exclusives I believe. Came to Premium members ad-free, then some time later became available widely with ads.
- ehsankia 5y agoAlso VSauce's Mind Field.
- benbristow 5y agoAh yes - he did an interesting one about complete isolation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqKdEhx-dD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqKdEhx-dD4
- TheRealNGenius 5y agoI found those to be worse than normal vsauce videos
- SomewhatLikely 5y agoIf you like content about old school tech check out Technology Connections on YouTube.
- abracadaniel 5y agoI love how well that channel is doing. It's an endless rabbit hole of fascination. I will never look at the color brown the same way again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU
- dmix 5y agoOh god. Why did you do this to me.
- benbristow 5y agoLove that channel also. Great videos on mundane topics. TechMoan is a great British YouTuber who does videos about old tech & media formats too - https://www.youtube.com/c/Techmoan https://www.youtube.com/c/Techmoan
- branko_d 5y agoIronically, Cobra Kai is on Netflix now. They bought it after YouTube stopped supporting it.
- thereddaikon 5y agoAnd it's doing well.
- FalconSensei 5y agoI miss Marco Polo, it was fun :/