Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?

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    2 years ago

    YouTube got better before it got to whatever it is now

    • Jose Carlos@lemmings.world
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      2 years ago

      I don’t think that’s a fair comparison. Youtube only existed for less than 2 years as an independent start up. There’s no way to know what it could become as an independent tech company.

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        2 years ago

        The original plan was a dating site with video profiles!

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        2 years ago

        Certainly not rich enough to host the amount of content it does, or pay content creators what they get paid.