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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I said infrastructure, not just storage. and yes there is even more involved like the user base, as we have seen with social media time and time again. Even if Microsoft built an even better YouTube (lol), it's still very likely no one would use it. It's a massive investment with a lot of risk.