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Eventually YouTube will become TV and individual people will be prohibited from uploading with approval from YouTube. YouTube’s audience would be quick to abandon the platform in such a case.
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At this point, this is a balancing act for YouTube. They have two incongruous groups of content creators, individuals and corporations. YouTube is pushing towards corporations which offer more potential profit.
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If YouTube continues marginalizing creators it will become indistinguishable from TV. Its primary audience will likely leave as the original content that made the site unique disappears.
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Perhaps it may be Google and YouTube’s best interest to become more like TV. YouTube isn’t very profitable as a site and requires support from Google. A change ostracizing creators may be beneficial to Google.
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