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Re:The maze is in the mouse – What ails Google. And how it c... by drewda on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @12:55PM (#34807787)
For example, it could be fascinating to see YouTube as a stand-alone company. Currently its revenues are masked under the "Google" part of Alphabet. It sounds like it's extremely profitable. It could be interesting to see YouTube perform as an independent entity on public markets alongside other media entities, rather than bundled into a "tech" company.
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Re:The maze is in the mouse – What ails Google. And how it c... by Konnstann on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @04:52PM (#34811150)
From what I've heard, and from the decisions Google keeps making regarding revenue sharing, ads, etc. YouTube loses them a lot of money due to video storage costs. I believe they even restrict the quality of uploads for some users now to combat that, but don't quote me.
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Re:The maze is in the mouse – What ails Google. And how it c... by saagarjha on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:13PM (#34812330)
YouTube is profitable.
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Re:The maze is in the mouse – What ails Google. And how it c... by nnurmanov on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:45PM (#34815135)
IMO, anything older than 3 years should be on paid plan. Save the planet, delete your old YouTube videos
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Re:The maze is in the mouse – What ails Google. And how it c... by drewda on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:00AM (#34815252)
> In 2022, YouTube's advertising revenue accounted for approximately 11.35 percent of Google's total revenue. That year, the video platform's annual ad revenues amounted to 29.24 billion U.S. dollars, up from the 28.84 billion U.S. dollars in the previous year.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/289659/youtube-share-of-...

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Re:The maze is in the mouse – What ails Google. And how it c... by rippercushions on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:12AM (#34815938)
For context, the sum total of Google's capex last year (offices, data centers, networking, everything) was around $30B. Meaning they could spend (almost!) every cent of that on YouTube video storage and still come out ahead.
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