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Hmm... the biggest category on YouTube is music, which until a colossal lawsuit was all pirated.

It has and was built on piracy.

Maybe you odn't believe me because it's "different" in your opinion today.

Look anywhere else in the world, it's piracy dude. For example, here's a search for "seinfeld s01e03" for video lengths 10-30m on Bilibili:

https://search.bilibili.com/all?keyword=seinfeld+s01e03&from...

I don't know. On the one hand, end users take from Google by blocking ads. On the other, Google takes from creators through piracy.

At the end of the day, the problem with video is the lack of business innovation that's anywhere near comparable to games.



> It has and was built on piracy.

Shiver me timbers, buckaroo. Won't someone think about the digital robber baron tycoons?

Most of the internet was built with public dollars and content is engaged with (not necessarily hosted) generally non-commercially. If we look at total harm, content users tend to get the worst of it either by having to wade through malevolent ads or user hostile design. Yet, we collectively put up with it because we recognize the Internet is not a zero-sum game. Tay-tay is making enough money from the free marketing channels the Internet enables, she doesn't need more from a Youtube stream.




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