I guess I was thinking of how to videos like how to fix a part on your car. But yeah I can see how how to videos like that still being an opportunity for Google to make money.
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JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 months agoLOL. You clearly have never heard of G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome). You get on YouTube to learn how to play guitar and next thing you know you’ve bought three guitars, a closet full of pedals, amps, amp modelers, etc., and you still don’t know how to play.
calabast@lemm.ee 2 months ago
OpenStars@discuss.online 2 months ago
That does not benefit specifically Alphabet though…
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Of course it does. You go in for a lesson and fall down the gear rabbit hole. Next thing you know you are watching endless hours of hear reviews and demos. A lesson is a single video where gear videos is an entire genre.
OpenStars@discuss.online 2 months ago
Oh, thanks for the correction!:-)