The correct amount of ads is zero

Re:The correct amount of ads is zero by oneeyedpigeon on Friday December 06, 2024 @06:32AM (#42338804)

This is just a general point about globalisation and selling to different markets. Obviously, a YouTube subscription should cost a Liberian a proportional amount, not the same as a wealthy US citizen. Do YouTube advertisers make as much money from the average Liberian as they do from the average American?

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Re:The correct amount of ads is zero by fastball on Friday December 06, 2024 @07:07AM (#42339034)

YouTube is a US company with US costs. It might not be worth it to provide the service at a rate that Liberians can afford. The reason they do so now is because the ad-driven model allows them to extract a lot more value out of the US (or other more affluent) customers than those people would reasonably be willing to pay for.

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Re:The correct amount of ads is zero by int_19h on Saturday December 07, 2024 @03:56PM (#42352809)

One wonders if there's be a lot more local competitors to services like YouTube in an ad-free world, then. Where the revenues would boost the local economy rather than US.

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