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Another possibility is that they want to quell competition. If Albanians couldn't watch YouTube, that would create a ripe market for a YouTube alternative to ma
by RoyalHenOil 3y ago
Another possibility is that they want to quell competition. If Albanians couldn't watch YouTube, that would create a ripe market for a YouTube alternative to make a name for itself. From there, it could expand to other countries in the region, and then maybe to Europe as a whole.
- pseudocomposer 3y agoHow would such a company pay for those bandwidth costs? YouTube was famously unprofitable until long after the Google acquisition. I don’t think the EU markets would provide as long an investment runway as YouTube got for this theoretical competitor.
- RoyalHenOil 3y agoI presume the same way YouTube, Amazon, Uber, etc., did it: by operating in the red and getting funded. I think there are likely a lot of VCs who would be very interested in having a stake in a serious competitor to YouTube.