It's not that simple. Breaking even may be "good enough" strategically for Google, but, tactically, it is a problem for YouTube and everyone that works on it. T

It's not that simple. Breaking even may be "good enough" strategically for Google, but, tactically, it is a problem for YouTube and everyone that works on it. The harder it is to concretely demonstrate YouTube's value to Google, the harder it is to make the case for investing in YouTube, rewarding employees competitively, against unwise cost-cutting and so on. Things don't fall apart overnight, but over time...