Another great article from 404 Media highlighting the power that the tech giants have amassed over how how we use the internet.

This brings me, I think, to the elephant in the room, which is the fact that Google has its hands on quite literally every aspect of this entire saga as a vertically integrated adtech giant.

This extreme power over the adtech and online advertising ecosystem is one of the subjects of an FTC antitrust suit against Google.

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    The real problem with any other video service is that YT has a HUGE advantage of WAY more content. I wish it weren’t that way but it is.

    So they will continue to dominate until similar vast content can be created elsewhere.

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      The real problem with any other video service is that YT has a HUGE advantage of WAY more content.

      PornHub: uh, hello?

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        Funny!

        Boom chicka wow wow…<breathy female voice>…Hey baby. Let me show you how to torque your nuts deep down inside my motor…Guitar solo…rocket launch video…

        It would be interesting if PornHub started paying people for non-porn content. Because of their high traffic I assume they might be able to compete with YT…someday. It would be fun for them to try.

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          I just don’t see it happening. People have been suggesting they create “VideoHub”/“MediaHub” for years, as they’re the rare company established in free-access video and also able to compete on the basis of having a (presumably) profitable enough service to keep them afloat through any rough patch. Though I’ll certainly agree, it would be incredibly interesting.