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Last time I checked, YouTube ads were a very profitable business. The parent to your comment chose revenue likely to note that Google makes money from the bed
by fakedang 6y ago
Last time I checked, YouTube ads were a very profitable business.
The parent to your comment chose revenue likely to note that Google makes money from the bed ie. it's not a service given away for free.
- MattGaiser 6y agoThe bed referred to the community generated subtitles, not YouTube overall.
- martinpw 6y agoWhere did you check this? AFAIK YouTube profits (if any) are not broken out anywhere. At least not as of early this year: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/google-still-isnt-telling-us-about-youtube-and-cloud-profits.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/google-still-isnt-telling-us... Alphabet said YouTube ad revenue in the first quarter reached $4.7 billion, while cloud sales came in at $2.6 billion. The company broke those numbers out for the first time, but it’s still not disclosing profit figures for the units.
- NoOneNew 6y agoYea, but anyone that owns a small business understands how you hide profit so you get taxed less. Given how quickly and easily the axe comes down on sub par Google products, I highly doubt they'd keep YouTube if it wasn't profitable.
- root_axis 6y agoIs the definition of the word "free" another casualty of this era? It's literally free...