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YouTube hatched in 2005 when Steve, Chad, and Jawed tossed up a simple video-sharing hack over pizza, frustrated by emailing massive files-first clip a blurry zoo jaunt that barely blinked, but by '06 it pulled a million views a day, hooking folks with homemade gems from skate fails to lip-sync battles. Google snapped it up for 1.65 billion bucks, smelling the future in user-generated gold, while early hits like ""Charlie Bit My Finger"" minted viral millionaires overnight. It was a wild west of webcams and wonder, where bandwidth bandits built empires from basements, dodging copyright cops and dreaming of ad revenue that barely existed yet. Growth exploded like a server farm fire: monetization kicked in '07, letting creators cash in on eyeballs, but algorithms started picking favorites, burying indies under corporate gloss while scandals like PewDiePie's slips scorched the spotlight. Live streams turned bedrooms into broadcast booths, demonetization wars raged over edgy edits, and rivals like TikTok nipped at the heels, forcing pivots to shorts and shopping. From demon-haunted comment sections to CEO shake-ups, it became the pulse of pop culture, where trends ignited and died in days. Two decades on, YouTube's a behemoth battling burnout and bots, its history a mirror to our screen-addled souls-from pandemic binges to AI clip churns. This book doesn't buffer the bumps; it's a straight stream through the site's static, proving a garage gimmick rewired how we watch, whine, and worship the web.

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