Well, no. It’s been losing money for years. But I doubt this will make it profitable.
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partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 days agoDidn’t YouTube start without ads? Was doing fine back then, right?
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MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t think people were doing it professionally as much back then.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2 days ago
People started doing it professionally when the ad money came in. Before that people did it for the love of the content, and it was lower production quality, but better content.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t think it had prerolls during the flash days but it had banner ads as far back as I can remember
Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Flash… flash macromedia… the golden age.