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by bobmarley1 2843 days ago
Yet it still has a massive first mover advantage.
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rmah 2843 days ago
Youtube wasn't even close to first -- it started in 2005. They were more like third or fourth. Youtube (and later google) got the formula and right -- they learned from the mistake the first movers made.

Sort of like Facebook, Dropbox, Salesforce, Instagram, Google, etc. None of them were first. Being first is dangerous.

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normo12 2843 days ago
The advantage it had was a cavalier approach to piracy iirc. Didn't they use that to bootstrap before going legit?
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