> The innovations they made were almost completely legal ones; figuring out how to skirt employment and taxi law.
The impact of this was quite revolutionary.
> except for the fact that they have a pretty traditional content creator lab tacked on the side to do their own programs.
The way in which they did this was quite innovative, if not "revolutionary". They used the data they had from the watching habits of their large user base to decide what kinds of content to invest in creating.
In screwing over a lot of people around the world, yes. Otherwise, not really. Ordering rides by app was an obvious next step that's already been pursued independently everywhere.
> They used the data they had from the watching habits of their large user base to decide what kinds of content to invest in creating.
And they successfully created a line of content universally known as something to avoid. Tracks with the "success" of recommendation systems in general.
The impact of this was quite revolutionary.
> except for the fact that they have a pretty traditional content creator lab tacked on the side to do their own programs.
The way in which they did this was quite innovative, if not "revolutionary". They used the data they had from the watching habits of their large user base to decide what kinds of content to invest in creating.