YouTube as Storage

Re:YouTube as Storage by MagicMoonlight on Saturday February 14, 2026 @11:02AM (#47015515)

Now that they can harvest it all for AI training, that decision was the cheapest and greatest thing they ever did.

Imagine trying to pay for all that content, nobody on earth would be able or willing to supply it.

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Re:YouTube as Storage by paulryanrogers on Saturday February 14, 2026 @08:50PM (#47020337)

PeerTube is a thing. I like to think without centralized players like YT, that P2P supported federation may have gained a better foothold.

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Re:YouTube as Storage by water9 on Sunday February 15, 2026 @11:23AM (#47024937)

There’s still time

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