Comment on YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers
Delta_V@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI think its more likely that YouTube will shut down and be replaced by nothing. Its existence has never made sense as anything but an act of charity from an organization with tech resources to burn.
stoly@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Remember that Google bought YouTube only AFTER it was successful for several years. This was also before Google turned evil.
jorp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
There are a lot of unprofitable startups that get purchased speculatively based on other factors like their user count. The idea being the buyer thinks they can monetize.
stoly@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This was more like a merger with Google being the larger company.