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Youtube has operated at best break even revenue, but mostly at a loss for years. Who has the money necessary to do that for years and years?
by onepointsixC 5y ago
Youtube has operated at best break even revenue, but mostly at a loss for years. Who has the money necessary to do that for years and years?
- camjohnson26 5y agoAlphabet does. Most of their services run at a loss but they make so much from ad revenue it doesn’t matter.
- throwaway3699 5y agoIf they make so much from ad revenue, how are most services run at a loss?
- munk-a 5y agoMicrosoft could - along with Apple - but I think both of those companies are way too smart to try and enter the market now. Youtube gets a sort of pass for the crap it's pulling since it's pretty much alone (Sorry - who's this Vimeo fellow you're talking about?) but any other major video service would be held up in comparison against Youtube, as is the way with society, the negative will shine through. If you start writing video suggestion algorithms today how long will it take you to be confident that "Pussy cat strolling across the back porch on a wet afternoon" isn't immediately followed up by WAP?