I would LOVE YouTube to be separated from Google, only problem is who could then run it.
Elon can't, he has Twitter/X, if I could literally use a genie wish, I'd want Trump to buy it, just for the salt and screams that would result from that deal lol.
Trump honestly probably couldn't afford YT. I know it's not profitable, but the sheer scale of the assets and resources wrapped up in running it would put it outside even most individual billionaires' price range. On top of that, it's so integrated with Google's other services that they can make the argument that it's a core brand and logistically impossible to separate from the rest of their properties and make saleable. They're almost certainly going to appeal this decision about Chrome making the same argument.
They may make the argument but let's be honest, thanks to DEI hiring and nepotism, YouTube wouldn't survive without Google IN IT'S current state. It might survive if they had an Elon style purge.
Oh, I'm not saying there aren't solutions to the problem. Just that it is a problem. Bardfag and company were notorious for doing it to Peddit subs they didn't like.
Youtube is a special case. It does not make money. It doesn't even break even last I heard. Whoever wants it would need to be insanely rich and have ulterior motives for wanting it.
Even Rumble with it's advantages of being new and designed for it from the ground up, more limited upload limits, and not having a long tail loses twice as much as they bring in.
Youtube does make Google many billions now according to their reports.
But only because of leveraging Google's monopoly position in ads and taking 30% of superchats. Anybody buying youtube wouldn't have monopoly advantage and they'd sink like a rock.
I would LOVE YouTube to be separated from Google, only problem is who could then run it.
Elon can't, he has Twitter/X, if I could literally use a genie wish, I'd want Trump to buy it, just for the salt and screams that would result from that deal lol.
Trump honestly probably couldn't afford YT. I know it's not profitable, but the sheer scale of the assets and resources wrapped up in running it would put it outside even most individual billionaires' price range. On top of that, it's so integrated with Google's other services that they can make the argument that it's a core brand and logistically impossible to separate from the rest of their properties and make saleable. They're almost certainly going to appeal this decision about Chrome making the same argument.
I know that's whynI said Genie wish it.
They may make the argument but let's be honest, thanks to DEI hiring and nepotism, YouTube wouldn't survive without Google IN IT'S current state. It might survive if they had an Elon style purge.
Says they.
If anyone based buys it the troons will flood it with CP.
You mean like they tried to do to Twitter after Elon bought it, or what they are currently doing in that Bluesky thing the lefties are 'fleeing' to.
Anyone based probably knows this and would talk to Elon on how he did it for advice to purge day one.
Oh, I'm not saying there aren't solutions to the problem. Just that it is a problem. Bardfag and company were notorious for doing it to Peddit subs they didn't like.
Youtube is a special case. It does not make money. It doesn't even break even last I heard. Whoever wants it would need to be insanely rich and have ulterior motives for wanting it.
Even Rumble with it's advantages of being new and designed for it from the ground up, more limited upload limits, and not having a long tail loses twice as much as they bring in.
Youtube does make Google many billions now according to their reports.
But only because of leveraging Google's monopoly position in ads and taking 30% of superchats. Anybody buying youtube wouldn't have monopoly advantage and they'd sink like a rock.
Based tech people with money? Carmack could prolly offer them tree-fiddy and a Subway coupon.