> The value comes from the videos themselves, not from the service. And the value that the service to creators is that they pay $0 for hosting, have a large vi

> The value comes from the videos themselves, not from the service. And the value that the service to creators is that they pay $0 for hosting, have a large viewing potential, have a comment system which they don't have to run/host themselves, and are able to monetize their videos fairly easily. How many videos would be made if creators suddenly have to deal with all of that? The value of the videos being created exists at all is because the creators don't have to worry about infrastructure. > If the videos were hosted elsewhere, I’d gladly stop bothering Google with my traffic. If.