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I expect a surge of new users the next time Reddit squeezes their users. I expect Reddit to pull a YouTube.
This time, lemmy will be way more capable to handle a surge.
youtube is more secure than reddit.
it's hard to offer that much video content for free
Free is now kind of debatable for Youtube. Sure, you can do it but the adds...
FYI: "pulling a YouTube " == forcing ads for web browsers