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I don’t see how Imgur can be profitable to begin with. Nobody will pay for it, and people are ignoring ads more and more (not to mention that too much intrusiv
by Rjevski 8y ago
I don’t see how Imgur can be profitable to begin with.
Nobody will pay for it, and people are ignoring ads more and more (not to mention that too much intrusive ads, like video ads will drive some people away completely).
- tracker1 8y agoIt's working for Facebook and Youtube though.
- GFischer 8y agoFacebook yes, Youtube not so much, they're famously unprofitable (although this might finally change or have changed the last couple of years). https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6487324/youtube-profit-1-billion-monthly-users-4-billion-revenue https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6487324/youtube-...
- TheCapn 8y ago>Nobody will pay for it I'd pay for it if I was given the option. I like imgur's service. I want to use it for the things I do and would like them to keep being a quick image host. If that means paying annually so I can keep my API key working the way it does and not having my experience ruined by increasingly intrusive advertising I absolutely would throw money their way. There isn't "nobody" out there not willing to invest in their entertainment. I'm sure we're a minority but we're not "nobody".
- seiferteric 8y agoMaybe if all these little sites could band together into a single subscription bundle it would be worth it, but I don't want 20 different subscriptions.
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- Rjevski 8y agoYeah, but the main "business" of Imgur seems to be memes and other nonsense, not image hosting. And again, nobody will pay for memes. Competitors like CloudApp or Droplr do image/video hosting much better.
- rasz 8y agoThey can always pull PhotoBucket on uploaders.
- conradfr 8y agoThere used to be an Imgur Pro option.