Why? Because its probably the largest video hosting website by multiple orders of magnitude?
And you still hasn't given me a straight answer.
Let's say YOU are Youtube, and you are trying to be an honest businessman (while staying alive).
What would you do?
1. Turn it into a fully paid service. Which means you will probably never take off and some other guy will create an ((((free)))) alternative like Youtube.
2. Free service with premium features but people apparently don't like it because they feel like they are missing out.
I personally prefer 1 because that would remove 99% of the shitty videos that plague the website.
I was saddened when I saw that people don't share my sentiment.
That was the one moment where people have the opportunity to say "yes, let us pay you and you give us a direct and simple service".
I easily "watch" around 12 hours of HD Youtube videos counting all the music in the background that I listen to. It is _definitely_ worth the premium price.
And you still hasn't given me a straight answer. Let's say YOU are Youtube, and you are trying to be an honest businessman (while staying alive). What would you do?
1. Turn it into a fully paid service. Which means you will probably never take off and some other guy will create an ((((free)))) alternative like Youtube.
2. Free service with premium features but people apparently don't like it because they feel like they are missing out.
I personally prefer 1 because that would remove 99% of the shitty videos that plague the website. I was saddened when I saw that people don't share my sentiment. That was the one moment where people have the opportunity to say "yes, let us pay you and you give us a direct and simple service". I easily "watch" around 12 hours of HD Youtube videos counting all the music in the background that I listen to. It is _definitely_ worth the premium price.