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YouTube renamed to Google SafeSpaces As a real comment though, maybe this is Google's way of trying to put the pillow over YouTube's face? It's been costing th
by deadmik3 10y ago
YouTube renamed to Google SafeSpaces
As a real comment though, maybe this is Google's way of trying to put the pillow over YouTube's face? It's been costing them money for a long time, maybe this is their way to kill it without just going "yeah iz ded"
- waqf 10y ago>It's been costing them money for a long time citation needed
- blackflame7000 10y agoIts pretty well known that YouTube doesn't make money, but here is an article from the WSJ as of Feb 2015 http://www.wsj.com/articles/viewers-dont-add-up-to-profit-for-youtube-1424897967 http://www.wsj.com/articles/viewers-dont-add-up-to-profit-fo...
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- icebraining 10y agoProfitable or not, YouTube is the uncontested king of web video right at the moment when cord cutting is starting to get significant. They'd be insane to let that go. Besides, they're only removing monetization, not banning the videos. It's just a way to avoid offending their advertisers by getting them mixed up with uncomfortable content.
- _0ffh 10y agoThey're not even trying to be flexible. Advertisers could be given a choice, if they are fine with controversial content. Maybe use a handful of tags, like politics and swearing are fine, but no sex, violence or cat videos, please! All the pussy companies can then choose to only advertise on reaction videos, for all I care.
- dvh 10y agoGoogle reader was uncontested king of web rss readers and where is it now?