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As another has said: we have a problem with dumping With giving youtube for free for long, to reduce the possibilities of other platforms, and then charging, w
by savingsPossible 3y ago
As another has said: we have a problem with dumping
With giving youtube for free for long, to reduce the possibilities of other platforms, and then charging, when your library is "unbeatable"
- katbyte 3y agoexcept it hasn't be free for a very long time? its had ads for at least 10+ years and youtube premium for 8 now
- sandworm101 3y ago>> when your library is "unbeatable" It isn't the library. Youtube's trove of videos will age fast if there was any meaningful alternative. What prevents any competitor is youtube's legal backing. They have already fought the RIAA/MPAA and the content rules of hundreds of jurisdictions. Youtube has deals, understandings, in place that allow youtube to keep going. But if anyone else tries to setup a similar video service, at scale, those hard-fought deals will not apply. Those past enemies of youtube are now its tame watchdogs ready to unleash themselves on anyone who else attempting to enter the market.
- Workaccount2 3y agoVid.me did and it failed because no one wants to views ads and no one wants to pay for a subscription. They gained a lot of traction too and were really flying for a bit. But eventually they had to become profitable without showing ads. Youtube only exists because google was ok with not making any money from it for years.