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Re:YouTube currently testing 5 to 10 unskippable ads before ... by A-Train on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @07:05AM (#32835510)
It is expensive but even then Youtube has been profitable for many years now. It represents 10% of Google revenue. 5-10 ads is a cash grab imho.
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Re:YouTube currently testing 5 to 10 unskippable ads before ... by sofixa on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @07:59AM (#32835943)
> even then Youtube has been profitable for many years now

How do you know this?

> It represents 10% of Google revenue.

Revenue != profit. Storing zettabytes of videos across the whole world, with the massive CDNs required to be able to serve that whole world isn't cheap. I can easily see YouTube being among the most costly things Google do.

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Re:YouTube currently testing 5 to 10 unskippable ads before ... by samtheDamned on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @11:32AM (#32838637)
unless it changed recently it has never been profitable
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