Direct tomorrow, what do you think is going to be announced tooooooomorrow?
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As much as I'm almost inclined to agree, my brother in Christ, YouTube would not exist now if it weren't for Google buying it. Mounting legal pressure from companies like Viacom, massive server costs that even today don't make a profit, and an ever-growing userbase are just some of the reasons that it was the most logical course of action at the time.
Whilst Google have essentially "ruined YouTube" in many ways, such as the use of more and more automation, the whole Google Plus debacle from the mid-2010s, and essentially making an entire company that is being handled by about three people and thousands of bots that can supposedly watch hours-long videos in 30 seconds flat, the decision to sell out to Google was a necessary one not just for YouTube but kind of for the future of internet-based user-generated content.
Honestly though I agree with the rest of these points and lowkey Google did kind of ruin YouTube even with the points above so yeahhhhh