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minus-squareHopeOfTheGunbladelinkfedilink4•2 months agoYeah, unfortunately I couldn’t find revenue numbers. It seems unlikely to be costing that much to host. I’d be really surprised to learn it isn’t cash positive at this point.
minus-squareLordWarfirelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoBest I could find is the entire division makes about 35% profit and you’d have to assume some of that was YouTube
Revenue is not profit
Yeah, unfortunately I couldn’t find revenue numbers. It seems unlikely to be costing that much to host. I’d be really surprised to learn it isn’t cash positive at this point.
Best I could find is the entire division makes about 35% profit and you’d have to assume some of that was YouTube