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YouTube is hardly profitable. They would barely be able to afford their own infrastructure under their current revenue. They would immediately be acquired by a
by bananabreakfast 5y ago
YouTube is hardly profitable. They would barely be able to afford their own infrastructure under their current revenue.
They would immediately be acquired by a competitor or declare bankruptcy.
- ericmay 5y agoI'm sure they can figure it out.
- alxlaz 5y agoWell, tough luck. Not all business plans are destined for success.
- russian-hacker 5y agoGood. This’ll even the playing field for competitors. It’ll be a net win for humanity.
- SonicScrub 5y agoThat's an argument for the break-up, not one against it. If Google is using their monopoly powers to create wholly unprofitable endeavors, then they are likely choking out competition. There can be no Youtube Killer if Youtube does not have to make money.
- pcmoney 5y agoYou really think someone couldn't build a business out of YouTube independent of Google? Just because it is hardly profitable _now_ as managed by Google in support of ads doesn't mean there isn't another model there.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoThats exactly the point