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Re:YouTube tells foreign creators they will soon be charged ... by tekromancr on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @11:45AM (#26413177)
I kinda doubt it. Youtube's "moat" against competition is the fact that storing, processing, and serving video is insanely expensive. Google can only afford to do it to begin with because they are the world's largest digital advertising company.

It would have to be another player willing to invest a ton upfront, and continue burning ludicrous amounts of capital over many years before they could actually compete

Re:YouTube tells foreign creators they will soon be charged ... by realmod on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @12:13PM (#26413557)
I mean the competitor could also be large company, for example, dailymotion.com could take over from Youtube without any major hassle. And EU would probably love it since dailymotion is local company.