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Re:The HTML video element needs to go back on the drawing board by supernovae on Thursday October 28, 2021 @08:53AM (#29025486)
Microsoft spent a lot of money trying to build a competitor to Youtube (And Google video) back in the day. (Soapbox) - But... no one wanted it.

People have this weird habit of just following the trends and at the time, using anything and everything google did without question.

Now they don't like it?

Go use vimeo and pay for distribution with services like Cloudflare

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Re:The HTML video element needs to go back on the drawing board by latexr on Thursday October 28, 2021 @01:11PM (#29028426)
> using anything and everything google did without question.

Google Video[1] launched one month before YouTube, yet the latter won so decisively Google bought them a year later.

> Now they don't like it?

It’s been over a decade. You’re allowed to change your opinion and dislike something you previously liked, especially if the thing changed[2].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Video

[2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20150323121117/http://doonesbury...

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Re:The HTML video element needs to go back on the drawing board by ethbr0 on Thursday October 28, 2021 @10:19AM (#29026427)
Since YouTube was already growing significantly before Google bought it, I'm not sure "Google" is the right answer.

A better one is "easy sharing" + "pirated content" + "Lonely Island."

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Re:The HTML video element needs to go back on the drawing board by supernovae on Thursday October 28, 2021 @12:39PM (#29028028)
True, it was a wild west growth though - whereas Google put its PPC monetization behind it when it was purchased and no one else could compete with that prowess.
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