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Re:YouTube CEO calls EU’s proposed copyright regulation fina... by bduerst on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:15PM (#18436890)
Not really. Vimeo shows that you can corner niche markets successfully.

Profitability and growth aren't dependent on market dominance, even in tech.

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Re:YouTube CEO calls EU’s proposed copyright regulation fina... by trjordan on Monday November 12, 2018 @09:08PM (#18437850)
YouTube Vimeo is more like 1% / 99%. By almost anybody's definition, that's winner take all.

Vimeo aims for $100mil this year: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iac-interactive-vimeo/iac...

YouTube Could be a $15 billion business this year: https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/02/18/youtube-could-be-a...

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Re:YouTube CEO calls EU’s proposed copyright regulation fina... by bduerst on Monday November 12, 2018 @09:19PM (#18437900)
Again, success isn't measured by marketshare, but profitability and growth. Vimeo has 15% of the embedded market by domain, and has managed to be profitable.

Even in your article it talks about how Youtube isn't exactly profitable, and is dragging down Google's average CPC for the business.

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Re:YouTube CEO calls EU’s proposed copyright regulation fina... by mcv on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @08:05AM (#18440614)
A massive difference indeed, but by any other standard, $100 million is not bad at all.
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Re:YouTube CEO calls EU’s proposed copyright regulation fina... by AJ007 on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @08:31AM (#18440765)
This isn't a good comparison. Netflix, Twitch, Snapchat, Facebook/Instagram are.
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