dvdnet62@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoYouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blockedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square279fedilinkarrow-up1431arrow-down19
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minus-squareLordWarfire@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoRevenue is not profit
minus-squareHopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoYeah, unfortunately I couldn’t find revenue numbers. It seems unlikely to be costing that much to host. I’d be really surprised to learn it isn’t cash positive at this point.
minus-squareLordWarfire@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoBest I could find is the entire division makes about 35% profit and you’d have to assume some of that was YouTube
Revenue is not profit
Yeah, unfortunately I couldn’t find revenue numbers. It seems unlikely to be costing that much to host. I’d be really surprised to learn it isn’t cash positive at this point.
Best I could find is the entire division makes about 35% profit and you’d have to assume some of that was YouTube