Ask HN: What do you think would happen if Google and YouTube split? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What do you think would happen if Google and YouTube split?

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Post by carlosjobim » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 6:26 PM UTC

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #18

fph wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like Youtube Premium? https://www.youtube.com/premium

No. I prefer newpipe

So you wouldn't actually pay a modest fee.

Re: Ask HN: What do you think would happen if Google and YouTube split?

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Post by fifilura » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 6:26 PM UTC

YouTube would become more like TikTok.

Re: Ask HN: What do you think would happen if Google and YouTube split?

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Post by inetknght » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 6:27 PM UTC

xanderlewis wrote: post #14

PittleyDunkin wrote: post #10

Search of youtube is absolutely horrendous so I don't see any additional harm to from splitting them. And of course the benefits are so large as to be difficult to enumerate.

What’s horrendous about it in particular?

How to search for actual videos instead of random shorts that people put together on a phone for some god-forsaken social media credit? Protip: you can't filter out those "shorts".

How to block some posters from ever showing up in my search results?...

Re: Ask HN: What do you think would happen if Google and YouTube split?

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 6:27 PM UTC

carlosjobim wrote: post #21

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. I prefer newpipe

So you wouldn't actually pay a modest fee.

I would if YouTube were user respecting for paying users. I pay for a lot of other media fwiw

Re: Ask HN: What do you think would happen if Google and YouTube split?

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Post by PittleyDunkin » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 6:27 PM UTC

fph wrote: post #11

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd pay a modest fee for a non-tracking, ad-free, non-enshittified YouTube though. Compete for my money!

Like Youtube Premium? https://www.youtube.com/premium

Crazy expensive compared to what they actually make off of ads. Who can justify this?

Re: Ask HN: What do you think would happen if Google and YouTube split?

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Post by quintes » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 6:30 PM UTC

Why are you worried about this? Have you read something related?

Re: Ask HN: What do you think would happen if Google and YouTube split?

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Post by blastonico » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 6:31 PM UTC

I think there will be two companies instead of just one.

Re: Ask HN: What do you think would happen if Google and YouTube split?

#28

Post by tiltowait » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 6:32 PM UTC

quintes wrote: post #26

Why are you worried about this? Have you read something related?

The US DOJ is weighing breaking up Google, among other possible remedies in the antitrust case.

Re: Ask HN: What do you think would happen if Google and YouTube split?

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Post by wizzwizz4 » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 6:33 PM UTC

carlosjobim wrote: post #21

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. I prefer newpipe

So you wouldn't actually pay a modest fee.

When you're paying for a service, you generally expect something better than a third-party can achieve by deleting parts of your free offering.

Re: Ask HN: What do you think would happen if Google and YouTube split?

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Post by result2vino » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 6:34 PM UTC

fifilura wrote: post #22

YouTube would become more like TikTok.

YouTube already wants to be more like TikTok, so, I’m not really sure what your point is.