It was a huge bet, it paid off for many reasons, not least luck. I remember 2005...

		epolanski on March 19, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google to buy Wiz for $32B It was a huge bet, it paid off for many reasons, not least luck. I remember 2005/2006 there were many websites competing for the video-website role, YouTube's luck was that...they were very permissive on uploads while competitors like Vimeo e.g. employed a reasonable amount of content moderators.

Yep, and investors' fear was that it would crumble under copyright lawsuits.