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Re:YouTube deleted an electronics repair channel [video] by barrkel on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @11:13AM (#23760077)
What's needed is some kind of almost insurance scheme so that the long tail of content can be served up, but if a video goes viral, it doesn't become completely unavailable.

Needs care with adverse risk selection, because freeloaders who want cheap video bandwidth for god knows what will crowd around.

Re:YouTube deleted an electronics repair channel [video] by anderspitman on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @12:49PM (#23761081)
That's an interesting idea. Could default to slow performance served directly off your laptop, and if it goes viral the network automatically moves it to a CDN at no extra cost to you. As an extra bonus, whatever small fee you pay to buy in isn't a complete waste of money, because presumably you get value from the viral content of others, ie as a consumer of their content.