[theDoug]

Definitely agree on the technical front.

Vimeo was around first and focused on 1080/HD content, and had actual enforcement of community guidelines that accounts should only be uploading content they made or took part in. YouTube (pre-Google) was gaining massive popularity with South Park and other TV content chopped into 12 minute segments to get past then-current restrictions for length. Vimeo was a better experience for community, but YouTube was a better experience for audience desires.

(I work for Google Cloud but opinions are sure my own)

[SerLava]

Yeah I agree with you there too. The ripped TV played a huge part.

[pbhjpbhj]

Ripped TV still constitutes a significant amount of content.