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		jimbob45 on April 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Testing a few new designs that don't show the publ... You just need hosting. Then, you can embed the video in your own page like JonTron did with NormalBoots. I know that’s a really esoteric example and I’m sorry.

eindiran on April 1, 2021 [–]

I think this works very well for some use cases, but it misses out on one of the biggest value-adds of YouTube: discovery. YouTube allows you to find other related content; any competitor needs to provide something similar.

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