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Welll... to be fair, that's literally the only reason the platform got as big as it did, and became "the" ubiquitous video hosting platform. They fronted the c
by amatecha 3y ago
Welll... to be fair, that's literally the only reason the platform got as big as it did, and became "the" ubiquitous video hosting platform. They fronted the cost to capture a massive audience, and now they gradually extract more and more value out of the user base they lured in.
- heavyset_go 3y agoAnd the irony is, of course, that YouTube got off the ground based off of blatant and widespread copyright infringement.
- chung8123 3y agoPeople forget that when Google was buying them there were a bunch of copyright lawsuits again them and most of the major tech companies were scared to pay too much for them. Once the deals with the record labels worked out they found their footing.