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OpenAI is so cooked and I'm all here for it (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[-] yournamehere@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

so when was youtube profitable?

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Youtube wasn't burning billions per year and it's also pretty much the primary entity for video for the whole world which has other benefits for google. Finally Youtube can be monetized through adverts, since storage and bandwidth costs are relatively low. Whereas GenAI's compute costs aren't.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Can't they put ads into the responses?

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago

If they could, they would have already.

[-] yournamehere@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

x doubt

[-] nyctre@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

An ad before and after every single question you ask chatgpt? Worth a shot, I guess !

[-] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

I don't think Youtube was ever profitable, to be honest.

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