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Pre Google YouTube was not a sustainable service nor was it nearly as big as it currently is. There isn't really any way to have a video streaming service that
by endisneigh 5y ago
Pre Google YouTube was not a sustainable service nor was it nearly as big as it currently is.
There isn't really any way to have a video streaming service that mainstream without ads.
- tombert 5y agoI thought YouTube had ads before Google that just weren't hyper-targeted. Could be wrong on that. Even if I don't like them, I can live with contextual ads (e.g. I'm watching a video about video games and I see an ad for a Switch).
- judge2020 5y agoGoogle bought it in October 2006 [0] after it had ad concepts in August 2006 [1]. 0: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15196982 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15196982 1: https://sites.google.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/youtube5year/home/history-of-monetization-at-youtube https://sites.google.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/youtube5year/ho...