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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by tcfhgj on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @02:17PM (#46061290)
> Otherwise they can't pay creators

> In 2024 the company made a revenue of $350.01 Billion USD

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by throwaway290 on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @03:04PM (#46061748)
YouTube made THAT much money? Cool tho I want to know sources.

Now assuming that let's check how much it costs to host/recode/stream stuff. How dare companies want to profit right?

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by tcfhgj on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @03:21PM (#46061904)
just wanted to show they don't need you to watch ads to pay them
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by throwaway290 on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @05:04PM (#46062887)
then you didn't did you?
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by tcfhgj on Thursday November 27, 2025 @03:21AM (#46067001)
I did by showing that Google has plenty which they can use for payment.
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by throwaway290 on Thursday November 27, 2025 @06:43AM (#46068318)
By that logic Apple should give away iphones for free. This is not how things work in capitalism
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by tcfhgj on Thursday November 27, 2025 @07:46AM (#46068757)
No by that logic Apple could give IPhones away for free
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by throwaway290 on Thursday November 27, 2025 @10:30AM (#46070133)
If they want to eventually fold yes doing things for free is great
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