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0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
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#51: Jun 18th 2012 at 11:23:04 AM

Considering Youtube has been the way it is for over 10 years,
Um, yeah, You Tube wasn't around in 2002. I think it started in 2004 or '05.

edited 18th Jun '12 11:23:38 AM by 0dd1

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#52: Jun 18th 2012 at 12:04:37 PM

I was just guessing, sue me!

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Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
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#53: Jun 18th 2012 at 12:53:51 PM

There's no business model if they required you to pay to view the videos. The whole point of Youtube is user-generated content, as well as the location where music videos are posted.

IIRC Starcraft 2 did exactly that with custom maps.

Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#54: Jun 18th 2012 at 12:59:18 PM

I asked for financials twice now and nobody has produced them.

where exactly does one get a company's quarterly reports, anyway

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breadloaf Since: Oct, 2010
#55: Jun 18th 2012 at 1:13:24 PM

Usually on company websites, but you can check on financial news media outlets as well.

As we're talking about Google here is last quarter's earnings report:

http://investor.google.com/earnings.html

Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#56: Jun 18th 2012 at 1:13:45 PM

This isn't quarterly, and was published 14 April 2009 (so a little outdated) however it suggests that;

Google will lose $470 mn [in 2009]

That was in 2009.

breadloaf Since: Oct, 2010
#57: Jun 18th 2012 at 1:19:17 PM

Well long story short for the Google earnings call, 2.8 billion in net profit Q1 2012. It doesn't break it down, so I don't know what You Tube is.

edited 18th Jun '12 1:19:35 PM by breadloaf

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#58: Jun 18th 2012 at 1:20:57 PM

It said You Tube was one of their "strongly performing" properties. So I don't imagine it lost money.

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breadloaf Since: Oct, 2010
#59: Jun 18th 2012 at 1:21:32 PM

Well it looks like real numbers and statistics have killed another thread!

Psyga315 Since: Jan, 2001
#60: Jun 18th 2012 at 1:23:06 PM

So does this mean this thread can/will be closed?

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