4 ms·
> Youtube's problems are that their costs are too high. Is that true? I'm definitely not saying it's not, but it's not self-evidently true. Is $4 per user per
by gearhart 12y ago
> Youtube's problems are that their costs are too high.
Is that true? I'm definitely not saying it's not, but it's not self-evidently true.
Is $4 per user per year a lot to pay for being the platform they watch video on?
I agree with your point that their challenge is not about making their product more attractive to new users, but an equally valid conclusion would be that their problem is that their product isn't generating enough value per user, so they can't ask enough value in return - which would be a product design problem, or that their product is generating significantly more value for its users than it's managing to demand in return, which would be a "monetisation" / revenue stream issue.
- onion2k 12y agoI only meant that their costs are too high compared to the revenue per user. It's absolutely true that they could solve their profitability issues by increasing their revenue per user assuming that didn't in turn increase the costs.
- michaelt 12y agoIs $4 per user per year a lot to pay for being the platform they watch video on? If the billion viewers are watching hours of HD video every day, it's a great price. If the billion viewers include anyone who has viewed a single video at any quality in the last 10 years, it's a lot less impressive.