As another has said: we have a problem with dumping
With giving youtube for free for long, to reduce the possibilities of other platforms, and then charging, when your library is "unbeatable"
With giving youtube for free for long, to reduce the possibilities of other platforms, and then charging, when your library is "unbeatable"
It isn't the library. Youtube's trove of videos will age fast if there was any meaningful alternative. What prevents any competitor is youtube's legal backing. They have already fought the RIAA/MPAA and the content rules of hundreds of jurisdictions. Youtube has deals, understandings, in place that allow youtube to keep going. But if anyone else tries to setup a similar video service, at scale, those hard-fought deals will not apply. Those past enemies of youtube are now its tame watchdogs ready to unleash themselves on anyone who else attempting to enter the market.
Youtube only exists because google was ok with not making any money from it for years.