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That doesn't demonstrate that it turned a profit though. Video streaming is costly and they pay over 50% of that to creators. https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4
by aliante 6y ago
That doesn't demonstrate that it turned a profit though. Video streaming is costly and they pay over 50% of that to creators.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21121370/youtube-advertising-revenue-creators-demonetization-earnings-google https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21121370/youtube-advertisi...
- searchableguy 6y agoMaybe people should just pay for it? Oh no. How could they make us pay for the software services. Imo, this mentality needs to go. People spend $$$ in cafe, buy expensive branded clothes, transportation, hanging out with their friends, outside food, and so on. All of those are not necessary but they pay for it. They should pay for the digital services they spend most of their time on now a days. What's different?
- aliante 6y agoExcept, they don't. People aren't willing to pay much for non-physical goods anymore.
- jhowell 6y ago> People aren't willing to pay much for non-physical goods anymore. Anecdotal
- searchableguy 6y agoIf there are no free services subsidized by google or other tech corp, then they will have to pay or shut up.
- ldng 6y agoAnd guess who's fault is that ?
- majewsky 6y ago/me looks at my Patreon bill Yeah, no. The problem is Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is garbage, and people don't like to pay for something that is mostly garbage.
- mythz 6y agoEveryone has the option for an ad-sponsored or ad-free YouTube for a monthly fee. Which is how I've been watching YouTube, ad-free for years.
- keith__talent 6y agoI pay for Youtube premium, I see no ads, it's amazing... What is your point here? You want Youtube to be like a cable television company and make money off ads and subscribers? How does this relate to YouTubes 5BN in revenue?
- SirLotsaLocks 6y agoor we could all move to something decentralized like peertube. It doesn't need to all be hosted by one company.