• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    YouTube also lost billions for years and years. Not certain they’ve turned an overall profit yet.

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      3 days ago

      I’m guessing it probably does. It brings in like $30,000,000,000+ a year. What it actually costs to run is seemingly a closely guarded secret, but I’d probably say it’s a fair amount less than the thirty billion, since they aren’t having to pay a third party company or anything for hosting any of it.