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Best Tech industry & business models videos, as recommended on Hacker News

70 videos about tech industry & business models that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2009 and 2026. Mostly commentary, explainer, talk. Channels that come up most: LastWeekTonight, Tom Scott, Wendover Productions, Louis Rossmann. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is YouTube's copyright system isn't broken. The world's is.: The default link in copyright and takedown threads, recommended as an excellent, comprehensive explanation of why automated enforcement and the law work as they do.

• explainerYouTube's copyright system isn't broken. The world's is.Tom Scott · 13 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
• talkWinners Take All | Anand Giridharadas | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 9 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
• explainerThe Problem With Facebook2veritasium · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2018
• commentaryVidMe or Why Platforms Aren't Your FriendsFolding Ideas · 8 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• commentarySinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 10 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• documentaryLine Goes Up – The Problem With NFTsFolding Ideas · 12 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
• commentaryNet Neutrality: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 7 HN recommenders · 2014–2017
• talkAll-In Summit: Bill Gurley presents 2,851 MilesAll-In Podcast · 5 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• lectureCompetition is for Losers with Peter Thiel (How to Start a Startup 2014: 5)Y Combinator · 5 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• podcastJoe Rogan Experience #1258 - Jack Dorsey, Vijaya Gadde & Tim PoolPowerfulJRE · 6 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• documentaryInvestigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game DevelopersPeople Make Games · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• talkre:publica 2015 - Aral Balkan: Beyond The Camera Panopticonre:publica · 5 HN recommenders · 2015–2020
• explainerThis is why we can't have nice thingsVeritasium · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• talkHow technology loses out in companies, countries & continents and what to do about itbert hubert · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
• explainerWhy SpaceX is Making StarlinkReal Engineering · 4 HN recommenders · 2019–2020
• commentaryEpic v Apple: Judgment Day - Who Won? Who Lost? ...and Why? (VL538)Hoeg Law · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• talkMaciej Ceglowski - Barely succeed! It's easier!webdirections · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2020
• talk1,500 Slot Machines Walk into a Bar: Adventures in Quantity Over QualityGDC Festival of Gaming · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• explainerHow Airlines Quietly Became BanksWendover Productions · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• documentaryWhy The World Relies On ASML For Machines That Print ChipsCNBC · 4 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
• talkDEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory DoctorowDEFCONConference · 4 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• talkSusan Crawford on Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry & Monopoly Power in the New Gilded AgeBerkman Klein Center for Internet & Society · 3 HN recommenders · 2013–2014
• talkThe Boring Company Information SessionThe Boring Company · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2019
• explainerThe UK's Failed Experiment in Rail PrivatizationWendover Productions · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• commentaryWhy Spotify Will Ultimately FailBenn Jordan · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• commentaryIntel - Anti-Competitive, Anti-Consumer, Anti-Technology.AdoredTV · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• commentaryWhy Doing Taxes Is So Hard | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | NetflixNetflix Is A Joke · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• lectureDisruptive Innovation - Clayton Christensen (Part 2)modplanman · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2017
• talkEric Schmidt and Peter Thiel - Fortune Debate, 2012kykeon · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2020
• explainerThe Great Stranding: How Inaccurate Mainstream LCOE Estimates are Creating a Trillion-Dollar BubbleRethinkX · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• interviewThiel: Google has $50B, doesn't innovateCNN · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• commentaryDEBUNKING STARLINKCommon Sense Skeptic · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• commentaryAmazon Sells Fake Electrical FusesLouis Rossmann · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
• interviewBillion Dollar Bully: Yelp documentary producers Kaylie Milliken & Mellissa WoodLouis Rossmann · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2020
• explainerBlue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles: Explained!Marques Brownlee · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• explainerWhy Sony's Beta Videotape System Failed--and failed hard (Part 1)Technology Connections · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
• talkThe $8 billion iPod | Rob ReidTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2026
• musicHere Comes Another Bubble v1.1 - The Richter ScalesTheRichterScales · 3 HN recommenders · 2009–2026
• talkCorporate Open Source Anti-patternsBryan Cantrill · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• commentaryBoeing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2024
• explainerGames Should Not Cost $60 Anymore - Inflation, Microtransactions, and Publishing - Extra CreditsExtra Credits · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
• documentaryShenzhen: A New Breed of Intellectual Property (Part 3) | Future Cities | WIREDUncanny Valley by WIRED · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• explainerIndia's Semiconductor FailureAsianometry · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• commentarySo...TikTok SucksHank Green · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• commentaryChina's Bicycle sharing WENT INSANE!serpentza · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2018
• explainerWhy is Japan So Weak in Software?Asianometry · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
• lectureJaron Lanier – Who is Civilization for? (+ Q&A with Ulrich Kelber) Willy Brandt Lecture 2018Bundeskanzler-Willy-Brandt-Stiftung · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• explainerHow Dollar Stores Quietly Consumed AmericaWendover Productions · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• comedyDunkey's Guide to Streaming Servicesvideogamedunkey · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2024
• commentaryStarlink: BUSTED!! + ALL other Failed Musk promises!Thunderf00t · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• commentaryDefamation of character and extortion; Yelp salesperson has friends leave bad reviews!Louis Rossmann · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2020
• interviewFrank Zappa explains the decline of the music businessbudagum · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2026
• commentaryWhy There's No Such Thing as a Good BillionaireAdam Conover · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023
• commentaryLarry Ellison - What The Hell Is Cloud Computing?BadIdea2008 · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2023
• comedyPatents: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2024
• explainerThis Video Has 77,321,815 ViewsTom Scott · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• documentaryInside a Secret Chinese Bitcoin MineMotherboard · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2017
• commentaryFacebook Freebooting - Smarter Every Day 128SmarterEveryDay · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2019
• talkKevin Spacey urges TV channels to give control to viewersThe Telegraph · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2013
• interviewChamath Palihapitiya on rebuilding Social Capital & Silicon Valley ponzi schemeThis Week in Startups · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2022
• newsHow China Is Changing Your Internet | The New York TimesThe New York Times · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2017
• documentaryThe Death of Europe's Last Electronics GiantTechAltar · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2025
• talkThe Four Horsemen: Amazon/Apple/Facebook & Google - Who Wins/Loses (Scott Galloway, L2 Inc.) | DLD15DLD Conference · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2020
• podcastJoe Rogan Experience #1236 - Jack DorseyPowerfulJRE · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2019
• commentaryJournalism: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2017
• explainerHow Japan Learned SemiconductorsAsianometry · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023
• explainerHow to slow down a stock exchangeTom Scott · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
• otherBill Gates - Microsoft Antitrust Deposition - HighlightsJoe John · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2022
• talkCaml TradingYaron Minsky · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2018
• explainerThis clock was famous, but the internet ruined it.Tom Scott · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023