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Re:Google in shock as Samsung considers moving to Bing as de... by nickv on Monday April 17, 2023 @03:10PM (#35605113)
> YouTube Premium is dependent on ads because YouTube as a product is dependent on ads. Without ads, YouTube Premium wouldn't exist. I think the vast majority of that 10.3% is YouTube Premium, YouTube TV, Play Store and their hardware. But I still think most of those are in service to their ad engine.
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Re:Google in shock as Samsung considers moving to Bing as de... by jsnell on Monday April 17, 2023 @05:26PM (#35606828)
That just circular reasoning. "The company wouldn't exist without ads, so I will consider all this subscription and hardware revenue to actually be ad revenue, and then complain that they're too dependent on ads".
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