[fipple]

There's plenty of content on YouTube that's at the highest level of professional production. It's 0.01% of what's on YouTube, compared to 100% of what's on Netflix, so you will not find it by just going to YouTube.com and clicking random links... but there's still many human lifetimes of high-end content on YouTube.

[sharcerer]

True. I can account for India here. There are some channels which nake scripted web series releasing 1 episode per week. Some of them even have 1-2 seasons . Mostly 5 episodes. And they are really popular among youngsters. Basically,these shows touch upon common middle class family relatable stuff,or college youngsters themed series. Most of them have a different sponsor each time. Sometimes its a car company (for a road trip based series),or a yoghurt brand, once Xiaomi was also a sponsor. And they hire veteran actors who are quite popular on traditional TV soap operas. But, i do feel that Youtube hasn't done enough for them. Personally i love Youtube for its educational content.

[joshschreuder]

Fair point. I think Captain Disillusion is a good example of this, his production value is extremely high with regards to visual effects for what is a fairly niche subject matter.

[nothrabannosir]

Captain Disillusion is nowhere near the quality of a Netflix show. I love the guy and support him on Patreon, but at the end of the day, it’s a garage version of myth busters. It still has that “youtuby” feel of a guy doing a thing in his spare time.

The budget is incredibly low; look at his Patreon. Compare this to the millions of dollars that go into a film considered “low budget”.

If CD is YouTube’s high quality content, then that is exactly the point GP was making.

[tk75x]

For an example of high quality Youtube content, check out Good Mythical Morning.

[Lewton]

Still, imagine if he got a Netflix deal(how awesome would that be), the production value would go up

[bmsleight_]

To me it is perfect expansion for Netflix.

Youtube offers a universal service provision, Netflix could carefully cherry-pick the top youtubers and offer them the money.

[kiriakasis]

but Youtube also has very low quality suggestions, so in practice it ends up proposing the same topics over and over again. And god forbid you watch anything political.