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xigoi on May 11, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable a...

YouTube was bought by Google after it was already massively popular.

peoplefromibiza on May 11, 2023 [–]

YouTube was just 18 months old when Google bought it and it had just started to fend off very costly copyright claims. It was popular, but 2006 popular.

quags on May 11, 2023 | [–]

YouTube was also unprofitable at the time. With out google backing youtube it may have gone the way of Napster.

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