Re:YouTube ads in Safari: you see them now, will you see the...
by izacus on Thursday May 20, 2021 @04:15AM
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They're a for-profit business, so again, why do you expect your content to be hosted at a complete loss while you monetize on external channels? Seems a bit entitled to expect corporations to give you things for free because other people pay for it.
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Re:YouTube ads in Safari: you see them now, will you see the...
by mullingitover on Thursday May 20, 2021 @02:54PM
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> They're a for-profit business, so again, why do you expect your content to be hosted at a complete loss while you monetize on external channels?
This is begging the question that hosting non-monetized content is actually a net loss for YT. I'm saying it's actually not, instead the aggregate volume of free content keeps viewers on the site longer, and the higher viewership numbers result in a significant net profit.
More likely, YT decided that this arrangement, while profitable, wasn't making enough money for them, and because they must show their investors ever-increasing profit margins they decided to mildly poison their user experience in exchange for higher profits.