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0 pointsdekhn7y ago0 comments

which would be very interesting, as youtube is 100% dependent on Google infrastructure to work (everything from machine learning to data delivery).

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And Windows was dependent in Internet Explorer to operate.

And that dependence was both created artificially and then abused.

Why can't YouTube switch to, say, Azure? Or Oracle Cloud? or whatever other magic exists?

Infrastructure exists outside of Google - as did the ability to decouple Internet Explorer from Windows.

tobr7y ago

By definition, since it's owned by Google. You can apply the same logic to any proposed split.

Sure, but those issues can be solved, both short-term and long-term.

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