I know memory is fairly cheap but e.g. there are millions of new videos on youtube everyday, each probably few hundred MBs to few GBs. It all has to take enormous amount of space. Not to mention backups.

  • sab@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    I’m generally the first to criticize Google, but when it comes to pushing ads on YouTube I’m having a hard time really condemning them for it. I struggle to wrap my head around how this service can exist at all.

    Also, second to direct transactions, I’d much rather have Google make money through ads than anything else.

    • NightOwl@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      They’ll make it through data collection too even if you pay for premium. You are still the product even if you pay in this era.

    • 🇺🇦 Max UL@lemmy.pro
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Agreed, I pay for YouTube premium and in the world of corporate crap and fees and stuff I’m ok with that value trade off relatively. Hell, I would have paid for Reddit, too, if they weren’t assholes.

      Edit: I mistyped Google premium instead of YouTube premium… same place though of course