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It was my understanding that YouTube isn't profitable; has there been any new data on this that I've missed? Lack of similar-sized competitors in the space woul
by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
It was my understanding that YouTube isn't profitable; has there been any new data on this that I've missed? Lack of similar-sized competitors in the space would certainly indicate that the margins don't really stack up and you could make an argument that the aggressive foisting of their premium offering underscores that notion, but I don't know for sure. It'd be interesting to know more about operating a site of that nature at that scale but I don't suppose that sort of data will make it out any time soon!
- michaelmrose 7y agoIf they aren't profitable now they can always become an increasingly large money sink.
- throwaway2048 7y agoThere has been the ghost of this argument floating around for more than a decade at this point, based on the idea that Google pays for youtube bandwidth (due to peering, they don't). If Google was losing money on youtube they wouldn't pay out billions a year to video creators in the face of zero competition.