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by wolvoleo 3 days ago
Why hasn't there been a real competitor to youtube yet? Similar question.

Some markets really are screwed.
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trumpdong 2 days ago
What would a competitor of a two-sided marketplace even look like? They'd have to have the same content, but that's illegal because of copyright law.
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svachalek 3 days ago
TikTok and Instagram have YouTube worried for sure.
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wolvoleo 3 days ago
Maybe because of a paradigm shift to short videos, but neither can replace Youtube's actual long-form video service.
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