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Think of how different everything would be if YouTube wasn't a part of Google. They would no doubt have ads but the entire Google universe wouldn't have access
by lancesells 5y ago
Think of how different everything would be if YouTube wasn't a part of Google. They would no doubt have ads but the entire Google universe wouldn't have access to the viewing habits of 2 billion people.
- Pako 5y agoIt also probably wouldn't exist anymore. last time I heard anything about it YouTube was in the red and only sustained with income from other Google services. (I might be wrong on that, if so please correct me)
- ExtraE 5y agoHaven’t checked if this is a reputable source, but: https://www.tubics.com/blog/youtube-revenue/ https://www.tubics.com/blog/youtube-revenue/
- IX-103 5y agoI heard that Google was able to get it to break even after a substantial investment to improve efficiency (custom ASICs for transcoding, machine learning models for prioritizing allocation of storage and computing resources). I think I agree that it probably wouldn't exist. Not very many companies would invest that much to just to break even.
- Rd6n6 5y agoI forget the source, but years ago I tried to look it up and it seemed that YouTube was extremely profitable