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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by asdfman123 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:03PM (#35896406)
YouTube is very profitable
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by crop_rotation on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:05PM (#35896427)
Source?
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by dmbche on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:17PM (#35896503)
https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/

Record proofits!

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by davidcbc on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @11:39PM (#35897095)
Revenue != profits
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by dmbche on Thursday May 11, 2023 @08:28AM (#35901135)
I'm sorry, in two years they upped their revenue by over 10b - from 19 to 28b - I'm fairly certain they are having record profits.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by asdfman123 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:27PM (#35907185)
You don't spend the kind of money staffing a product like YouTube unless there are lots of profits too.

Everyone seems to have read an article from 10+ years ago and haven't updated their opinion since. The internet is wildly different now. Tech makes huge profits.

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by dmbche on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:39PM (#35907355)
Absolutely! I find it nuts to see so many people defending giant corporations - it's so backwards.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by asdfman123 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:12PM (#35896472)
Please don’t ask for sources on publicly available information, as if it’s my responsibility to personally convince you of it.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by evilos on Thursday May 11, 2023 @05:11AM (#35899691)
It's not public. We only know revenues. So you should back up your claims with sources.
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