Re:YouTube now world's largest media company, topping Disney
by izacus on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @12:22PM
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This isn't about you, it's about people who make videos for you.
YouTube's competitive advantage is their ability to pay video makers, not their video playback tech. And to make a competitor that has any kind of traction, this problem needs to be solved in a more reasonable way than "I'll somehow find a way to pay someone maybe".
No one demanded anything! I'm not certain that the firehose of "content" that youtube is creating is all that valuable to humanity, and I won't subject myself to ads to support it's existence.