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> At what point does an important or essential service become a public good? It is a legitimate question, but we're nowhere near that point. If YT vanished fro
by beej71 3y ago
> At what point does an important or essential service become a public good?
It is a legitimate question, but we're nowhere near that point. If YT vanished from the face of the Earth tomorrow, the country would continue without any problem.
- epgui 3y ago> If YT vanished from the face of the Earth tomorrow, the country would continue without any problem. This is interesting, because it's probably true (but what would the economic impact be? I'd wager it could be rather large)... And yet the cost of staying out of a massive social network is enormous for a single individual, relative to their peers.