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Old 10-11-2006, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by DJ_Greg View Post
Actually, I wonder if YouTube will continue to exist. Google already has a very similar service, integrated with their web browser, called GoogleVideo. They might have just bought YouTube to eliminate competition. It's not quite like when Yahoo bought Broadcast.com and turned it into Yahoo Broadcast - they didn't have the feature at that time. Google doesn't "need" YouTube in that way, so they might just dismantle it.
Google has stated that they will continue to operate independently, and will work together to create new features for YouTube. My guess is that Google will phase out their current video service.
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