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"Can't afford to compete" would also be accurate.
by darknavi 5y ago
"Can't afford to compete" would also be accurate.
- MattGaiser 5y agoI wonder whether YouTube actually makes money yet or even if it does, would if it were standalone (as they can benefit from Google scale and Google infrastructure).
- KaoruAoiShiho 5y agoEarly on yes, but today YT is at least a $100b company by itself.
- MattGaiser 5y agoDoesn’t mean it makes money.
- TheRealNGenius 5y agodoesn't matter
- sidibe 5y agoMost of what youtube needs is the non-time-critical filler of Google's workload so it's pretty flexible and cheap to host in whatever space is free in Google's data centers, which are already the most efficient ones. And with such a large amount of compute needed they can justify hiring a lot of people to optimize every little part of software and hardware involved with Youtube. Google's infrastructure scale is such a big advantage for Youtube compared to competitors