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Really? I would find that story interesting reading if you'd be willing to share.

• magila 9y ago
  There's not really that much to it. Pre-acquisition Youtube was burning through cash at a rapid and increasing rate. There was clearly no way they were going to find a revenue source which would even come close to covering their operating expenses. Google was one of only a few companies who were willing and able to keep Youtube going as a loss leader.
  • aaronblohowiak 9y ago
    bandwidth and computation was more expensive back then so cost per stream was much higher than it is now. Even so, google also has craptons of its own fiber and its own CDN so can operate much cheaper than anyone else can at smaller scale.
• Goronmon 9y ago
  Here's the most likely result of Youtube not being bought by Google (or any other large company). https://vid.me/ https://vid.me/