• NeryK@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Because Google is eating the monumental costs of hosting and delivering video content. The cost of maintaining client apps is negligible in comparison. YouTube is not going anywhere unless Google deems it so, or enshittifies it enough to drive users away.

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      4 months ago

      Given their extreme efforts to monetize YouTube, I’d be surprised if it was still operating at a loss.