What?! Have you checked how big a 4k video is lately? Where do you suppose the money for that should come from?
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Nougat@kbin.social 11 months agoYouTube was originally free, and without video ads. It remained so for some time after Google bought it. They can operate YouTube without video ads at all.
Norgur@kbin.social 11 months ago
Nougat@kbin.social 11 months ago
Who decided to provide 4K video? (Hint: it wasn't me.)
ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Good thing people didn’t freak out when they tested putting 4k videos behind membership
TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip 11 months ago
1080p did nothing wrong
wildn0x@lemmy.world 11 months ago
YouTube lived off venture capital, search sponsorships, and content hosting. Venture capital is long dried up. Search sponsorships are just advertisements but clogging your searches. Content hosting isn’t really needed anymore since every large media company has their own streaming platform. Lot has changed since 2006.