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minus-squareFarraigePlaisteaċlinkfedilinkEnglish26•1 month agoI think it’s running it at a loss too. But there’s no reason these platforms couldn’t be publicly owned.
minus-square@3laws@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish34•1 month agoIt was, but monetization has been so aggressively everywhere that I think they finally are in the black at least since 2018.
minus-squareFarraigePlaisteaċlinkfedilinkEnglish22•1 month agoI had no idea. You’re right. It was a $15B business in 2019. https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21121207/youtube-google-alphabet-earnings-revenue-first-time-reveal-q4-2019 Makes the ads seem even more obscene now that I know that.
I think it’s running it at a loss too. But there’s no reason these platforms couldn’t be publicly owned.
It was, but monetization has been so aggressively everywhere that I think they finally are in the black at least since 2018.
I had no idea. You’re right. It was a $15B business in 2019. https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21121207/youtube-google-alphabet-earnings-revenue-first-time-reveal-q4-2019
Makes the ads seem even more obscene now that I know that.