Anything (software or physical things) that is fast, easy, and cheap to build; will never be a financial success for a single company. The minute you get some market traction, your competitors will come in and take away all your customers.

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charcircuit 4 hours ago | parent [-]

If you were given a copy of the entire software stack that runs YouTube I would bet $1000000 you can't take all of YouTube's customers. Businesses are more than just the software.

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didgetmaster 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you saying that you think that YouTube was fast, easy, and cheap to build?

	▲	charcircuit an hour ago \| parent [-]
		As AI progresses it will be. What makes YouTube valuable is the company's relationship with advertisers, content creators, and users.