downpunxx@fedia.io to Technology@lemmy.world · 4 months agoYouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsoletewww.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square214fedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·4 months agoYoutube is google No 1 source of machine learning content. Fuckloads of video, audio and subtitle data they can use to feed and train their systems. Youtube itself doesnt need to make profit, thats just a bonus for them.
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·4 months agoYouTube advertising is more than 10% of Google services total profits. That’s not a bonus, that’s a dependant revenue stream.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoYeah no, that is revenue. Youtube is 10% of total Google/Alphabet revenue. That doesnt necessarily equate to 10% of profits.
Youtube is google No 1 source of machine learning content. Fuckloads of video, audio and subtitle data they can use to feed and train their systems. Youtube itself doesnt need to make profit, thats just a bonus for them.
YouTube advertising is more than 10% of Google services total profits.
That’s not a bonus, that’s a dependant revenue stream.
Yeah no, that is revenue. Youtube is 10% of total Google/Alphabet revenue. That doesnt necessarily equate to 10% of profits.