Re:Thinking About Why YouTube Is a Monopoly
by qwertycrackers on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:20PM
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Youtube is a monopoly because it's not a very good business to be in and it basically lives off Google subsidization. It has plenty of openings for competition and none have too much forward movement.
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Re:Thinking About Why YouTube Is a Monopoly
by dpe82 on Thursday February 20, 2025 @11:24PM
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YouTube has been profitable for a long time now...
Re:Thinking About Why YouTube Is a Monopoly
by lotsofpulp on Thursday February 20, 2025 @11:44PM
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Source? Alphabet’s 10-K does not account for all of YouTube’s expenses as is if it were a standalone business. It doesn’t even seem possible.
Re:Thinking About Why YouTube Is a Monopoly
by ryosuke on Friday February 21, 2025 @06:11AM
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I don't think we know this - Alphabet publishes YouTube revenue, but not profit. Though I assume they are and have been for a while
Re:Thinking About Why YouTube Is a Monopoly
by jtsiskin on Thursday February 20, 2025 @09:07PM
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YouTube made $50 billion last year - I wouldn’t call it subsidized
Re:Thinking About Why YouTube Is a Monopoly
by slater on Thursday February 20, 2025 @09:09PM
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revenue or profit?
Re:Thinking About Why YouTube Is a Monopoly
by omoikane on Friday February 21, 2025 @12:33AM
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Revenue. From earnings release for 2024 Q3[1]: "YouTube's total ads and subscription revenues surpassed $50 billion over the past four quarters". 2024 Q4 says: "Together, Cloud and YouTube exited 2024 at an annual revenue run rate of $110 billion."