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>when they are struggling to maintain it? YouTube is not losing money, it's a significant contributor to Alphabet's overall revenue. They are not struggling t

• timeon 3y ago
  That is probably true. I was just reacting to: 'serving video is expensive'.
• thaumasiotes 3y ago
  > YouTube is not losing money, it's a significant contributor to Alphabet's overall revenue. There's no contradiction between those two ideas. Something that loses a lot of money is more likely to be a significant contributor to revenue, because you can't lose a lot of money without seeing a lot of use. But why would anyone care about revenue? Is it a significant contributor to profit? Last I heard, Alphabet doesn't even provide a breakdown of how much of its money comes from YouTube.