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Okay, so this is just a curiosity. Logically, it stands to reason that hosting streaming video is the most bandwidth consuming element on the internet. So this makes it the most costly type of internet content you can host. So, for youtube to host your videos, cost them money. Since youtube does not charge to host videos, it must make money through other means, which is advertising. This is just logical.
But now youtube is demonetizing hundreds of millions of videos or listing them as "Not suitable for most advertiser" or "Restricted". But these video are still hosted by youtube and available to be watched, so they are costing youtube money. Right? So it would seem that, for every video that youtube demonetizes or restrict, they are shooting their own self in the economic profitability foot. This is a totally illogical course of action for any business to take. It makes no senses at all.
Now it might make more sense if youtube was just targeting a very small category of videos like, Terrorism or Real Life Violent Crime. But youtube has targeted every single category and is going after everything that might even seem minutely offensive. Even common everyday generally socially acceptable stuff. They are hitting every channel with demonetization to the tune of hundred of millions of videos, possibly billions.
So my curiosity is, how is youtube making money on these hundreds of millions of demonetized or restricted videos to offset the cost of hosting them?
Now it seems to me that there are only two possible answers here.
1. They are losing money on them.
2. They are still running ads on them but not sharing the profits with the creators.
What do you guys think about this?
But now youtube is demonetizing hundreds of millions of videos or listing them as "Not suitable for most advertiser" or "Restricted". But these video are still hosted by youtube and available to be watched, so they are costing youtube money. Right? So it would seem that, for every video that youtube demonetizes or restrict, they are shooting their own self in the economic profitability foot. This is a totally illogical course of action for any business to take. It makes no senses at all.
Now it might make more sense if youtube was just targeting a very small category of videos like, Terrorism or Real Life Violent Crime. But youtube has targeted every single category and is going after everything that might even seem minutely offensive. Even common everyday generally socially acceptable stuff. They are hitting every channel with demonetization to the tune of hundred of millions of videos, possibly billions.
So my curiosity is, how is youtube making money on these hundreds of millions of demonetized or restricted videos to offset the cost of hosting them?
Now it seems to me that there are only two possible answers here.
1. They are losing money on them.
2. They are still running ads on them but not sharing the profits with the creators.
What do you guys think about this?