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Re:How much is YouTube worth today? by kortilla on Sunday November 22, 2020 @06:14PM (#25182005)
It’s not just that it’s different, it’s worse. The Internet in the early 2000s was a magical time of unsustainable sharing.

So it’s not just older == better. The early 90s and before were all shit for video and being bombarded with ads as well.

Re:How much is YouTube worth today? by xenocratus on Monday November 23, 2020 @08:35AM (#25186577)
> unsustainable sharing

Indeed, that was another point I wanted to make but refrained from. Having so much content and functionality for free, with absolutely no cost (like your data being mined for pofit) is simply unsustainable... In a way, the early 2000s were the odd time, not today. Maybe that'll look different when/if humanity manages to overcome the major issues we face today and we reach an age of plenty.