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Re:Testing a few new designs that don't show the public disl... by tachyonbeam on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:53PM (#26655780)
Seems like it should be a market inevitability. There are just so many things wrong with YouTube. The main obstacle is the bandwidth cost, and that's not an issue for any major tech company.

I think Facebook could actually properly compete with YouTube if they wanted, it's just that their insistence that you have to be logged in to access content makes it much less appealing as a platform, because you can't just link people to videos easily.

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Re:Testing a few new designs that don't show the public disl... by plerpin on Thursday April 01, 2021 @12:20AM (#26656653)
>The main obstacle is the bandwidth cost

...hence the ads? How would competitors be immune to the need to pay the bills?

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Re:Testing a few new designs that don't show the public disl... by tachyonbeam on Thursday April 01, 2021 @12:56PM (#26663077)
Netflix charges a monthly price. They could have an open YouTube-like service (no subscription required) which adds value to their offering, and tries to bring people into a paying Netflix subscription.

It's not just the ads that are the problem with YouTube. It's also the way they can just demonetize anything that doesn't please advertisers, and the way their recommendation algorithm works. They don't even show me a lot of the videos from people I subscribed to on the app's homepage. Wtf?

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