Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t YouTube still running year over year at a loss?
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Google seems bound and determined to destroy itself trying to escalate it’s profits from “staggering” to “colossal.” The search is so bad AI is actually better, and that’s saying something. And now they want to enshittify YouTube? Okay. I’m sure it won’t die right away, but this will be one of the thousands cuts.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
billiam0202@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Last I checked Alphabet had something like $60 billion in profit.
At this point, they probably consider YouTube to be a loss leader while they siphon up everyone’s data.
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Finances
In Q2 2024, ad revenue rose to $8.66 billion, up 13% on Q1.[321]
I don’t think so.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 months ago
I mean it must be? The only income it has is based on ads from Google.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I guess that’s what happens when you hit the top minds from yahoo
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
laughs in uBlock Origin
FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 2 months ago
Laughs in FreeTube.
ceenote@lemmy.world 2 months ago
… Revanced
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 2 months ago
SmartTube
…yt-dlp
cattywampas@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I just pay for premium. Worth every penny with the amount of YouTube we watch.
podperson@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yep - I legit haven’t seen an ad on YT in years. I also, just the other day, ran across another filter that disables the stupid shorts since I don’t care for that format or YT pushing it on me all the time. Almost usable platform now.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
laughs in invidious. google doesn’t even get to know I’m watching anything
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 month ago
No, I want them to know. Tell Cersei I did it.