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I’m not seeing the connection you’re making between the admitted marvel of engineering at scale and ads.

by ohyoutravel 4y ago

geodel 4y ago
Well wouldn't it be just recouping cost to run engineering infrastructure and hence ads.
elzbardico 4y ago
It costs money. Plain and simple.
tenebrisalietum 4y ago
The ads pay for the marvel.
gonzo41 4y ago
You have to pay for it somehow, the adds are probably a fair price.
wppick 4y ago
There is no free lunch I think is his point. Also, I think youtube allows you to pay to have an ad free experience
- ohyoutravel 4y ago
  That connection was implied, but not explicit. Just wanted to make sure I was drawing the right inference. I guess my thought would be that there are plenty of ad-free business models that would allow this content without (explicit playing before and during content) ads. It’s also my experience that there are still ads with their paid service, which is why I stopped paying for it. I would happily pay for a YouTube ad-free experience. Some other user mentioned that there “was no free lunch” but explicit ads before and during videos don’t have to be the payment for said lunch.
gzer0 4y ago
more than 500 hours of video content on average is uploaded every minute to the platform [1]. Not sure what standard you are using for 'marvel of engineering' but to me this is truly a marvel of engineering. [1] https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/new-era-video-infrastructure/ https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/new-era-video-infrastruc...
- ohyoutravel 4y ago
  I continue to admit it’s a marvel of engineering. There are many videos uploaded every minute and the fact that they’re able to serve it to so many users continues to blow my mind. Though I don’t think I have a specific standard, I’d have to think about it. “I’ll Know it When I See It” has historically been my personal standard.

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I’m not seeing the connection you’re making between the admitted marvel of engineering at scale and ads.

by ohyoutravel 4y ago

I’m not seeing the connection you’re making between the admitted marvel of engineering at scale and ads.

geodel 4y ago
Well wouldn't it be just recouping cost to run engineering infrastructure and hence ads.
elzbardico 4y ago
It costs money. Plain and simple.
tenebrisalietum 4y ago
The ads pay for the marvel.
gonzo41 4y ago
You have to pay for it somehow, the adds are probably a fair price.
wppick 4y ago
There is no free lunch I think is his point. Also, I think youtube allows you to pay to have an ad free experience
- ohyoutravel 4y ago
  That connection was implied, but not explicit. Just wanted to make sure I was drawing the right inference. I guess my thought would be that there are plenty of ad-free business models that would allow this content without (explicit playing before and during content) ads. It’s also my experience that there are still ads with their paid service, which is why I stopped paying for it. I would happily pay for a YouTube ad-free experience. Some other user mentioned that there “was no free lunch” but explicit ads before and during videos don’t have to be the payment for said lunch.
gzer0 4y ago
more than 500 hours of video content on average is uploaded every minute to the platform [1]. Not sure what standard you are using for 'marvel of engineering' but to me this is truly a marvel of engineering. [1] https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/new-era-video-infrastructure/ https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/new-era-video-infrastruc...
- ohyoutravel 4y ago
  I continue to admit it’s a marvel of engineering. There are many videos uploaded every minute and the fact that they’re able to serve it to so many users continues to blow my mind. Though I don’t think I have a specific standard, I’d have to think about it. “I’ll Know it When I See It” has historically been my personal standard.