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Youtube isn't broken out from Google in their quarterlies/annuals, so outsiders can't easily know. I think the common belief is that YouTube the video service o
by derivagral 7y ago
Youtube isn't broken out from Google in their quarterlies/annuals, so outsiders can't easily know. I think the common belief is that YouTube the video service operates at some amount of a loss, supported by other parts of Google. This is justified (by Google the business) on the basis of market share, free video test data, ads, etc. This does make it particularly difficult to compete with in isolation, of course...
- throwaway2048 7y agoEvery analysis I have ever seen that says that Youtube is losing money relies on paying commercial T1 provider rates for internet traffic, considering that Google is peered directly with pretty much every single ISP on earth, this titanicly overestimates costs.