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> The author here calls youtube an ftp site, and in doing so ignores what set youtube apart. Great point. Very often people when people don't understand a busi
by visakanv 12y ago
> The author here calls youtube an ftp site, and in doing so ignores what set youtube apart.
Great point. Very often people when people don't understand a business, or dislike it, it seems that they reduce it to its superficial components. Eg "Uber is just private taxis", "Amazon is just an online bookseller", "Twitter is just a microblogging service".
There's usually something more to it than meets the eye, if you're willing to look.
- yla92 12y agoI remember people said[1] we could do the same as Dropbox by "getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs .." when the drew houston posted on HN. Not that we couldn't, just that not every user is capable to. So, look at where Dropbox is now. [1] : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224