Re:YouTube “Let's Play”s are preserving video game history
by RandomInteger4 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:41AM
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Maybe I'm mistaken, but my understanding is that YouTube has been operating at a loss for its entire existence.
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Re:YouTube “Let's Play”s are preserving video game history
by RandomInteger4 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @06:15PM
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Sources:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/viewers-dont-add-up-to-profit-f...
http://fortune.com/2016/10/18/youtube-profits-ceo-susan-wojc...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-04/alphabet-...
While there's nothing concrete concerning how much YouTube costs and brings in, it seems to be generally understood that YouTube is an investment that hasn't reached profitability yet and only exists in its current state due to the fact that Google is willing to lose money on it in the mean time.