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And this is why Google needs to be split up. No other enterprise can burn so many billions of dollars for so many years to corner the market. Google uses profi
by vl 6y ago
And this is why Google needs to be split up. No other enterprise can burn so many billions of dollars for so many years to corner the market.
Google uses profits from search to napalm everything remotely looking like a threat.
- random5634 6y agoDoes google make or lose money on youtube? Based on the number of ads I see, I'd imagine they break even?
- vl 6y agoHard to say for sure, since YT uses shared Google infrastructure, and effectively cost of some things can’t be calculated. (Basically it’s much cheaper than you or me can do ourselves). But from what I understand, they burned money for many years and only very few years ago became profitable. But in some sense YT doesn’t really have to be profitable - for Google it’s more important to prop search itself, then to make money on YT.
- HDMI_Cable 6y agoI' m guess Google gets a ton of side benefits for having YouTube, like the usage of Google Accounts or the data they get from people's watch habits.
- judge2020 6y agoThey don't tell about profitability, but revenue was $15B so chances are they at least break even. 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...
- Jyaif 6y ago> No other enterprise can burn so many billions of dollars for so many years to corner the market. No other enterprise, besides Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and all the streaming companies (Netflix, Disney, ...).
- saagarjha 6y agoI'm not sure any of those companies entering this space would help.