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Re:Why does everything suck?: The Stats Are In. YouTube Real... by jcl on Thursday April 17, 2008 @12:49PM (#166489)
Youtube will be pointless once it's as easy to post a video as it is to stick a picture somewhere online.

So it will be as pointless as Flickr is right now?

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Re:Why does everything suck?: The Stats Are In. YouTube Real... by kingkongrevenge on Thursday April 17, 2008 @12:53PM (#166493)
The flickr of video is a vastly different proposition than youtube. Flickr has paying subscribers.
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Re:Why does everything suck?: The Stats Are In. YouTube Real... by gojomo on Thursday April 17, 2008 @01:23PM (#166522)
You think that people will pay to host (smaller) photos, but not (larger) videos?
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Re:Why does everything suck?: The Stats Are In. YouTube Real... by pchristensen on Thursday April 17, 2008 @01:32PM (#166528)
The fact that people are willing to pay for smaller photos is a fantastic sign that they would pay for larger videos!

They might pay to host higher quality or longer videos. Here are some things a premium youtube could provide:

- longer videos

- higher quality videos (for screencast, plays, etc)

- spam filtering or policing comments

- ???

The fact that people are willing to pay for smaller photos is a fantastic sign that they would pay for larger videos!

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