> we view them as public utilities Maybe that is side effect of age. I certainly do not see YouTube that way. Maybe growing up with it is different. And when

> we view them as public utilities Maybe that is side effect of age. I certainly do not see YouTube that way. Maybe growing up with it is different. And when they started it seemed like a fools errand—copyright issues, giant costs (OMG, so much money down the drain), no real way to monetize at all at the time. In other words: giant heap of risk. I had a friend that was a competitor to them (but was more on top of copyright issues, thus their downfall). This was not for the faint of heart, and the exact opposite of a public utility.