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Re:Suspect in YouTube Shooting Angry That Her Videos Had Bee... by ensignro2340 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @10:30AM (#16755003)
That would suck for many people, but would totally be in their right. Again - how are people confused about this. If AWS drops you as a customer use an alternative. Moreover, these people's videos are still hosted on YouTube's servers.
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Re:Suspect in YouTube Shooting Angry That Her Videos Had Bee... by 13of40 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @10:41AM (#16755143)
One distinction is that AWS has major competitors you could switch to, but YouTube essentially has a monopoly on that kind of content distribution.
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Re:Suspect in YouTube Shooting Angry That Her Videos Had Bee... by jacquesm on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @12:02PM (#16756001)
Youtube does not have a monopoly at all. What Youtube has a monopoly on is that your content will get a lot of eyeballs that you don't actually have to do much work for.

It's a mall with a large number of people flowing through it rather than just a content distribution engine.

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Re:Suspect in YouTube Shooting Angry That Her Videos Had Bee... by emodendroket on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @10:46AM (#16755188)
Another is that AWS customers tend to be businesses with full-time workers and not one person trying to eke out a living.
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