Luu Tuyen@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 3 months agoYouTube reportedly testing new homepage that removes dates and view countslemmy.worldimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoNo way. YouTube is such a flaghship product and a lynchpin in other businesses (like music, streaming, AI development). I invoke Hanlon’s razor.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoNone of those were even close to flagships, they were all short term experiments. YouTube is the basis for much of Google’s portfolio and a steady moneymaker, not an upstart liek those.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago sacrificing it for a tax loss in 5 years when they shut it down. Given that Tax = %rate * max(revenue-cost,0) How can deliberately sabotaging a business make money?
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No way. YouTube is such a flaghship product and a lynchpin in other businesses (like music, streaming, AI development).
I invoke Hanlon’s razor.
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None of those were even close to flagships, they were all short term experiments.
YouTube is the basis for much of Google’s portfolio and a steady moneymaker, not an upstart liek those.
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Given that Tax = %rate * max(revenue-cost,0)
How can deliberately sabotaging a business make money?
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