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.
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.
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.