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YouTube now blocking background playback on mobile browsers (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] 24 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Won't happen. Google ran YouTube at a net loss for a decade before turning a profit. Very few companies have the kind of money to invest like that. Video hosting is crazy expensive, especially when it's free.

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago

    Given the number of porn video websites now, I don't think the cost of video hosting is the major issue.

    The bigger issue is likely having to moderate the site. Twitch focused on live streaming as a way to reduce exposure to copyrighted content and TikTok kept videos short enough that it could skate around fair use by not being able to air longer form copyrighted content.

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