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Published 10 years ago by KondoR with 4 Comments
by KondoR
10 years ago 4

“There were 17,000 YouTubes before YouTube”

I know an entrepreneur who launched an online video platform in 1998. It never took off, and went out of business within two years. He still tells people he invented YouTube.

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  • TNY
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    Launching one in 1998 was stupid. 99.9% of internet users (a fraction of what it is today) had dialup internet. You can see where I'm going with this...

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    • socialiguana
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      I didn't get cable until I think 1999.

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      • TNY
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        And even then it was probably slow... 2 megabits or something.

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        • drunkenninja
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          2 magabits was huge in 1998, most still had dialup.

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