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Re:Google and Facebook are monopolies. Does it matter? [audio] by TeMPOraL on Thursday November 15, 2018 @05:22PM (#18464029)
That sounds like a definition of lock-in. Path dependence. Viewers prefer YouTube because that's where the content is. The content is there because that's what creators prefer. Creators prefer YouTube because that's where the viewers are.

It's a ratchet.

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