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the amount of ads on youtube has grown exponentially and i highly doubt this was because of profitability issues.
by bsaul 3y ago
the amount of ads on youtube has grown exponentially and i highly doubt this was because of profitability issues.
- Wildliferanger 3y agoThe problem is higher than zero intrest rates the free money dried up where before all the platforms were chasing infinte growth and free money meant they could run deficts as long as they grew they now need to make a profit now that debt costs money plus investor cash got sucked away to Bonds, CDs, and money market accounts giving a safe 5-7%. This is why every service went to shit at the same time in the past year.
- missedthecue 3y agoIn a hypothetical world without adblockers, wouldn't YouTube need to show a lower amount of ads per person to make the same amount of revenue?
- heavyset_go 3y agoNo, look at cable. Companies will turn the dial up on ads as much as they can, consumers have shown that they'll tolerate the current level of ads on YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, etc. It's no different than price points, not showing the amount of ads the market will bear is leaving money on the table.
- graftak 3y agoThat trickle down fever dream has been on repeat for ages now but still hasn’t come to fruition.
- TylerE 3y agoHas YouTube ever turned a profit?
- somsak2 3y agoProfit numbers for YT have never been broken out in financial reports.