In the sweltering heat of a Jakarta afternoon, Rina, a university student, scrolled through her phone, bored out of her mind. The hum of the air conditioner fought a losing battle against the noise of the street below. She’d already exhausted the usual loops: political rants, celebrity gossip, and endless reruns of sinetron (soap operas) where the same actors cried the same tears over lost inheritances.

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While YouTube remains the grandfather of online video, the ecosystem is now split between three major pillars.

Which of those would you like?