The vertical video takeover is here

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How it started

For a while, each societal and media level had its ain identity. YouTube was for clips of TV shows and movies, and the location of truthful galore members of a burgeoning creator community. Instagram was mostly pictures. Netflix was trying to beryllium the on-demand HBO. Facebook was astir friends. Twitter was astir news. Snapchat was a messaging app.

All these apps did person 1 important …

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