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YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 58 points 2 years ago (8 children)

YouTube lost google -31.5 billion in 2023, approximately 10% of all of alphabet's revenue.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Revenue is not profit

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, unfortunately I couldn't find revenue numbers. It seems unlikely to be costing that much to host. I'd be really surprised to learn it isn't cash positive at this point.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    And as we know companies prefer to provide a service with a loss, for decades. Name a company that can make -31.5 billion and keep going. Or maybe the data went to google, where they made the money.

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