This commenter has it right; YT can't possibly be a money-maker: https://twitter.com/AlalmeCreative/status/1193607405336068096 https://twitter.com/AlalmeCreativ

This commenter has it right; YT can't possibly be a money-maker: https://twitter.com/AlalmeCreative/status/1193607405336068096 https://twitter.com/AlalmeCreative/status/119360740533606809... Think about it. You can't even consider being a large video host without massive amounts of spare disk space, and you probably can't make enough on ads to pay just for bandwidth! I bet that this is why the new terms of service clarify that YT is an offering of Google, and not of some wholly-owned subsidiary. Google's search ads make so much money that you can buy as many computers as you like in pursuit of ads, and then if you happen to use those computers for storing cat videos, well, that's just good use of idle disks!