I’m personally crossing my fingers for Discord.

  • Pēteris Krišjānis@toot.lv
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    1 year ago

    @hampter @noodlejetski @Nankeru *cough* TikTok *cough*
    In all seriousness, Google does not know what to do with YT. It is very hard to monetize. They tried to do whole TV thing, which fell flat on it’s face. it keeps being huge money sink, and moderation is nightmare and algorithms seems to fucking up constantly.
    They can’t get rid of it, because it is huge, but it is not fire sure profit.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t know about YouTube not being profitable, but even if they aren’t, you’d be hard pressed to find a company better equipped to handle a money sink that Google. In 2022, they had a gross profit of 156 billion… I don’t think they are panicking, scrambling to monetize YT at Alphabet HQ.

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        I remember reading somewhere, that youtube advertisements where googles largest source of revenue (in advertising)