alt Hacker NewsThe framing here is really weird. The volume of videos increasing isn't 'growth.' Videos are inventory for Youtube. They're only good when people (without adblocks!) actually watch them.
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UltraSane • today at 8:35 PM
Yes. a video no one watches is a waste of storage.
amelius • today at 1:03 PM
^ This.
Growth in this context is that there are a larger volume of videos each year. So each year a single video is exponentially a smaller and smaller percentage of the total.