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1570 points walz | 8 comments | 04 Dec 24 04:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.273s | source | bottom
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kannonboy ◴[04 Dec 24 06:05 UTC] No.42314852[source]▶
I love that the view count is included in the minimalist UI. I came across one with zero views, and there's something so intimate and exciting about being the first person to watch an ancient home video (even if it's shaky handycam footage of a horse, narrated in Russian).

As an aside, hats off to Google to being able to serve an 11 year old video with no noticeable delay from what must be the coldest of caches.

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hoseja ◴[04 Dec 24 09:03 UTC] No.42315729[source]▶
I'm really anxious Google will also kill this aspect of Youtube one day.
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supermatt ◴[04 Dec 24 09:54 UTC] No.42315994[source]▶
As soon as it gets split off from google and they no longer have the money machine to fund them and have to fight on a level regulatory-monitored ground for ad revenue you can bet your ass it will.
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1. Mashimo ◴[04 Dec 24 10:34 UTC] No.42316207[source]▶
AFAIK youtube is profitable now. It was not for years, but is now.
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2. eru ◴[04 Dec 24 11:15 UTC] No.42316421[source]▶
Yes, but it could perhaps be more profitable, if they cut spending on this aspect?
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3. whereismyacc ◴[04 Dec 24 12:06 UTC] No.42316674[source]▶
For every year that passes, storage becomes cheaper, but the total size of youtube's video repository grows. I wonder what the net effect of all that is in the end. Ever increasing costs? Or maybe it kinda evens out.
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4. iamgopal ◴[04 Dec 24 12:44 UTC] No.42316896[source]▶
What could be cost of total storage of YouTube ? Edit : About billion USD per year.
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6. b3lvedere ◴[04 Dec 24 14:40 UTC] No.42317855[source]▶
Since when did that stop shareholders to make even more money?
7. eru ◴[04 Dec 24 15:55 UTC] No.42318701{3}[source]▶
Interestingly, if storage cost decreases geometrically over time, then the total storage cost of storing a video for all eternity is finite.

Though what I was commenting on here wasn't so much the cost of storing a video at all, but storing it in 'warm' enough storage that you can load it really quickly.

8. dnissley ◴[04 Dec 24 18:03 UTC] No.42320130[source]▶
Can you post your source? Last time I checked (and quickly checking around now) I didn't see any announcement from Google about Youtube being profitable.