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this seems to be the theme of the season mateys (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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wow just wow while i can't say i didn't see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't think YouTube became profitable, so I don't know what you expected here? You aren't entitled to a service they operates at a loss for your personal enjoyment. If you believe you're entitled to that, then by all means start your own YouTube and put your money where your mouth is.

YouTube is still around is because Google believes that YouTube could become profitable eventually. YouTube earns money with ads and a premium subscription, which many people consider overpriced already. Since the premium subscription is overpriced already, they can only crank up the ads.

This reminds of Twitch, whose service is more expensive to operate than YouTube, except that viable alternatives such as Kick are willing to operate at a massive loss to gain market share. YouTube has no such thriving alternative.

If we're generous and say that I spend only roughly 2 hours daily x 30 days = 60 hours. $12 premium subscription / 60 hours = $0.20 / hour, excluding the share creators receive from that. That's cheap for the service they provide.

Edit: I forget I'm on [email protected] here. Everything done by corporations is evil and morally justifies piracy I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is a great bit. Seriously chiefs kiss.