Youtube isn't doing anything incredible or unique on the UX side. The myriad high quality pornography video sites readily prove this, by competitively offering pretty top notch experiences on a diversity of platforms.
It's just that Youtube has an immense gravitational pull, that everyone likes and comes back for. At scale, no less, which is pretty tough when streaming video is such a demanding high bandwidth product.
It's just that Youtube has an immense gravitational pull, that everyone likes and comes back for. At scale, no less, which is pretty tough when streaming video is such a demanding high bandwidth product.