• Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    3 months ago

    No shit. It costs less to run than youtube which is why they run less ads

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, but surely they have much more limited ad revenue than YouTube, given that a lot of the ads I see on those sites are ones that pay out less (like the shitty porn ads). Personally, I suspect it’s actually competition between piracy sites that has lowered the overall ads, because you have more choices than just one in comparison to YouTube, where you can use it or leave it.

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        3 months ago

        I suspect they just make more than enough by donations and promoting their seedbox or IPTV services than they get by using google ads.

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      3 months ago

      Nominally? For sure. What about per user? Maybe, or maybe Youtube uses more resources than it should.

      Also we are comparing different kind of platforms. Youtube is video sharing platform. Any “creative individual” can post there 24/7 any nonsense. Piracy sites are about licensed paid content, so comparison should be against say Netflix.

      Youtube’s competitor is PeerTube which has 0 ads whatsoever

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        3 months ago

        I agree but im not drawing the comparison. The meme is drawing that comparison I am just saying why I dont think its so ridiculous for youtube to run more ads than a piracy site.