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I am curious, too. The blog post mentions 1M views [1]. At €1 per TB [2], and assuming a video of 100Mb which are roughly 1GB, you end up with 1000TB a €1000.

I am curious, too. The blog post mentions 1M views [1]. At €1 per TB [2], and assuming a video of 100Mb which are roughly 1GB, you end up with 1000TB a €1000. Even if Google just pays a fraction like $0.1 per TB, they still have to earn $100 somewhere else to break even. [1]: https://www.blender.org/media-exposure/youtube-blocks-blender-videos-worldwide/ https://www.blender.org/media-exposure/youtube-blocks-blende... [2]: https://www.hetzner.com/cloud https://www.hetzner.com/cloud

lev99 8y ago
> Even if Google just pays a fraction like $0.1 per TB, they still have to earn $100 somewhere else to break even. 1. The bad press generated is easily worth more than $100. 2. Youtube exercises the option recommend other videos. Blender gave them 1M opportunities to attract attention to other videos that are monetized. 3. Blender's videos were probably much larger than 100MB. I remember watching several that were over 30mins.