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The biggest video site in the world, with the 3rd biggest cloud is admitting they can't make money with adblocking on. Most of the world is not even using adblo
by rchaud 3y ago
The biggest video site in the world, with the 3rd biggest cloud is admitting they can't make money with adblocking on. Most of the world is not even using adblockers, as they're on mobile apps where it's harder.
Why would anyone want to enter this market?
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agoI think a more reasonable conclusion is that they can no longer continue growing their revenue with ad-block enabled, not that they aren't profitable. Remember, companies are about maximizing profit, not merely making a reasonable profit.
- rchaud 3y agoIf they want to maximize profit, they should be playing hardball on their Google Cloud contracts instead of shoving more ads into every video. They're obviously GCP's biggest user, and that would give them enormous leverage to cut a better deal.
- sigmar 3y ago>The biggest video site in the world, with the 3rd biggest cloud is admitting they can't make money with adblocking on. When did they admit this? They've definitely been very profitable. https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21121207/youtube-google-alphabet-earnings-revenue-first-time-reveal-q4-2019 https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21121207/youtube-google-al...
- rchaud 3y agoThat article only mentions Youtube's revenue, it doesn't say that it was profitable.