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The difference between YouTube and Reddit is so drastic they are basically incomparable. YouTube is a humongous monster with their own network backbone and vid
by altfredd 3y ago
The difference between YouTube and Reddit is so drastic they are basically incomparable.
YouTube is a humongous monster with their own network backbone and video storage boxes co-hosted by countless ISPs. Multiple major governments would like to unseat YouTube, but they simply can't. YouTube's competitors are Netflix and (to lesser extent) classic TV networks.
Reddit is a web forum hosting platform, that can be wholly bankrolled by a single upper-class US citizen (assuming that your drop their awful video-hosting). Reddit's competitors are WordPress and phpBB.
One of them is somewhat of necessary evil. Another hardly deserves to have it's own custom clients to begin with.
- aloisdg 3y agoPeerTube while still lacking a ton of content and features is gaining traction. I have hope.
- maccard 3y agoYou've completely missed what provides the value of both YT and Reddit - the content and network effect. Their tech is "easily" replicated.
- hattmall 3y agoYT isn't easily replicated though, it's insanely expensive. Reddit tech is easily replicated and that's the difference.