I’ve said before that the fate of YouTube is to “waft in a terrible state of semi-relevance before being acquired. Within its new parent company, YouTube as we know it will die either from neglect or being rolled into some larger service or portal.”
Dead 2.0 is offering five possible exits for YouTube and there’s a survey to vote on which option you think is most likely. As of this writing, 50% were saying acquisition and 23% voting for “death by hosting” (meaning they won’t be able to start generating enough revenue to pay for their big hosting costs).