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[gnoll110@ruby.social]

@anexiledscot

I think the same is true for YouTube.

I re-imaged my desktop last week. For a couple of day, before I loaded saved password, I browsed YT not logged in.

Swamped with right-wing s*&t. Lots of SkyNews (Australia's FoxNews, Murdoch owned), Jordan P, Rees-Mogg, lots of assorted no-name RWFW influences and AI slop channels etc.

[izzy@social.shadowkat.net]

@gnoll110 @anexiledscot it's a little tinfoil hatty but this and denying the market to anyone else is I think why google bothers to pay the huge cost of running youtube
like, it'll never make money, but it CAN influence culture and attitudes

[petteri@mementomori.social]

@izzy @anexiledscot @gnoll110 It makes a ton of money though. 8,9 billion USD of ad revenue in a single quarter in 2024

https://s206.q4cdn.com/479360582/files/doc_financials/2024/q3/2024q3-alphabet-earnings-release.pdf

[izzy@social.shadowkat.net]

@petteri @anexiledscot @gnoll110 huh, I stand corrected, I think
I don't think this spells out the cost of running youtube specifically, but I also don't know how to read these...

[petteri@mementomori.social]

@izzy @anexiledscot @gnoll110 That is a fair point, I have no idea how much it costs to run but suspect it to be less than that