Open YouTube on desktop, see a row of “Shorts” and imagine a 40 y/o product manager wondering what to do about TikTok. Apparently the kids like short videos in portrait mode for some reason? Let’s push these everywhere. YouTube was invented two years before the iPhone, by people who grew up with laptops, and these people run it today, when the first device for most people is a phone, which often remains their most powerful device even when they get a laptop — they might have an iPhone as their main device and a $200 chromebook for school.
YouTube’s TikTok Clone
YouTube’s TikTok Clone
YouTube’s TikTok Clone
Open YouTube on desktop, see a row of “Shorts” and imagine a 40 y/o product manager wondering what to do about TikTok. Apparently the kids like short videos in portrait mode for some reason? Let’s push these everywhere. YouTube was invented two years before the iPhone, by people who grew up with laptops, and these people run it today, when the first device for most people is a phone, which often remains their most powerful device even when they get a laptop — they might have an iPhone as their main device and a $200 chromebook for school.