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Re:YouTube takes down independent court livestreams by sm4rk0 on Monday November 15, 2021 @03:39PM (#29232408)
It is in a perfect market, but Google holds the monopoly and the game is set against competition.
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Re:YouTube takes down independent court livestreams by fault1 on Monday November 15, 2021 @03:43PM (#29232448)
A monopoly for information retrieval? Surely not.

For online ads? Sure you can make that case.

Their business in the end is based on delivering relevant content. If there is a market for the traffic Google refuses to host, then there are probably market opportunities there.

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Re:YouTube takes down independent court livestreams by sm4rk0 on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @04:27PM (#29259048)
For video-sharing platforms.

1. When you buy an Android phone there's a good chance that YouTube app is preinstalled.

2. If you search the net for "how to do XYZ" or for any song you'll get 99% video results from YouTube.

3. Almost every company/celebrity/influencer/... has a YouTube account and until recently (TikTok, Odysee, BitChute,...) alternative platforms (Vimeo, Dailymotion,...) were mostly a niche market.

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