This is just 12 different kinds of incorrect.
Think of how much diak space YouTube is using
Disk space will be the least of your concerns when running a service like YT.
If everyone can't upload videos it we'll never replace YouTube.
There is already a plug-in that supports that, along with Stripe integration.
100 subscriber is NBD. Let's talk when you have thousands or even millions of active users. At some point you're going to hit a wall if you were to hypothetically scale up. Costs of service would need to be covered somehow.
The sustainability argument stems from technological constraints. YouTube as a company has no problem sustaining millions of dollars in server infrastructure to serve media. Most self-hosters wouldn't be able to do that without significant income.
I don't agree with this perspective but also don't know enough about server infrastructure or video streaming to argue against it.
Sure would be convenient if the US came up with some way to electronically verify IDs...
I don't know how many different ways I can say the same thing and help you understand. It's a trivial semantic argument anyway. Have a nice day.
if people aren't willing to pay more than the cost of production, games wouldn't be made.
Then that unmade game wouldn't be relevant to this discussion.
The cost of production is the floor, and the cost people are willing to pay is the ceiling, and competition finds a line somewhere in the middle
Again, no it doesn't. "What people are willing to pay" includes the competition. If one company undercuts another with a comparable product, consumers won't pay for the more expensive one.
What I'm saying is that competition is included in "what people are willing to pay". Cost of production is not.
It's not. It's just related to the competition AKA what people are willing to pay.
Interesting that Andy Yen does not have a Wiki page. But Proton says "Previously, Andy was a research scientist at CERN and has a PhD in particle physics from Harvard University." so, I think he's very smart, he's just outside of his lane here.
Then don't give me excuses. Don't be a scumbag. External launchers only exist to serve ads and DRM, they have no benefit to the consumer. I own hundreds of games, imagine if each one of them required a dedicated launcher!?
It does but that's beside the point. We're discussing a hypothetical future.