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Which of them is profitable?
by buboard 6y ago
Which of them is profitable?
- mywittyname 6y agoYouTube is the only product there that can stand on its own. The others are complimentary services that may not generate much revenue independently, but they add tremendous value to an ecosystem of complimentary products. Example, Android allows for traffic data to be sampled in real time, which is then sent to Maps.
- samfisher83 6y agoDoes YouTube generate a profit?
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y agoGoogle doesn't disclose that, but it did say it generates around $15 billion a year in revenue, which ought to pay for a server or two: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21121207/youtube-google-alphabet-earnings-revenue-first-time-reveal-q4-2019 https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21121207/youtube-google-al...
- redis_mlc 6y agoI have followed it since before the purchase. It appears it took a decade to reach profitability, but even now it piggybacks on the rest of the products infrastructure - standalone, I doubt it could be profitable.