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Damn shame. EEVblog is one of the shining examples of the sort of program that could only come about on a platform like youtube. I've often wondered why netflix or amazon haven't picked it up or made similar programming, and yet I have a hard time seeing them producing content of such quality and depth.

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> I've often wondered why netflix or amazon haven't picked it up or made similar programming,

Because due to how the economics works, once you add a corporation behind a genuinely informative project, it becomes an advertising machine losing about all of its value. EEVBlog works because it uses Youtube and not the other way around; if it was produced by Youtube things would be way different.

Yes youtube is perfect for this "program." It won't be picked up by anyone with standards about production values and watchability.

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