YouTube at least has the advantage of being really fucking hard to replace by an independent third party. Whereas Reddit is an extremely easy formula to copy and requires minimal server costs.
YouTube’s monetization is so hard to replicate on a less-trafficked website, and it’s their sheer volume of traffic + monetization which allows a lot of the content creators on youtube to exist. I actually think it’s a great example of a regulated market and one of the best mainstream platforms that has everything from the most mainstream to the most niche content.
Just like youtube, they think they made this.
What they don’t get is that they are actually passengers on other peoples creativity.
It’ll be fine. Just need to keep investing in opensource, openaccess alternatives.
We guccii.
YouTube at least has the advantage of being really fucking hard to replace by an independent third party. Whereas Reddit is an extremely easy formula to copy and requires minimal server costs.
YouTube’s monetization is so hard to replicate on a less-trafficked website, and it’s their sheer volume of traffic + monetization which allows a lot of the content creators on youtube to exist. I actually think it’s a great example of a regulated market and one of the best mainstream platforms that has everything from the most mainstream to the most niche content.