> Youtube basically just sold userbase + content.
Those are kinda important parts. Like, to the point that if they'd homegrown "GVideos" I bet it would have failed.
> Chrome.
Which was a WebKit wrapper - explicitly just the browser chrome.
Those are kinda important parts. Like, to the point that if they'd homegrown "GVideos" I bet it would have failed.
> Chrome.
Which was a WebKit wrapper - explicitly just the browser chrome.
The YouTube product which is their creator economy that exists today didn't back then. In fact, I'm pretty sure original team would've run out of money soon.
> Which was a WebKit wrapper - explicitly just the browser chrome.
And Docker is "a wrapper" around Linux Cgroups. So? It was a unique product with instant market fit - "fast browser without the UI clutter and with sandbox'ed tabs".
I'm trying to picture a white board with someone drawing up a plan how to destroy everything and take over.
Woah, video replies, we have to remove those. Threaded conversations under videos? Lets make them into an unbearable mess and make it as hard as possible for anyone to have a conversation. We can put it under history! ha-ha good one! Wait, we could suck everyone into a vacuum and have them all watch the same videos? ~ Excellent idea!
Creative company indeed