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 months agoDidn’t YouTube start without ads? Was doing fine back then, right?
frongt@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t think people were doing it professionally as much back then.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2 months 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 months 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 months ago
Flash… flash macromedia… the golden age.