Comment on Youtube remains unprofitable 3 years after Google acquisitionparentComments−jfoutz17yBecause, if youtube is ever profitable, they will be sued. over and over until the end of time.much better to just miss breaking even. Shovel all the user data into doubleclick, and all the video data into crazy data mining algorithms.−_cbsz17yOn the surface, your argument has intuitive merit. However, you don't sue a business unit (Youtube), you sue a company (Google). Google is profitable.−jfoutz17yOn the surface, your argument has intuitive merit. However, youtube isn't a business unit. it's a subsidiary.http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/look-ahead-at-google-... http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6153267-7.htmledit: sorry, that was sorta snarky. and things may have changed since the viacom lawsuit. (it was a subsidiary in late 2008)−_cbsz17yTouche! Didn't do my homework on this one.
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Because, if youtube is ever profitable, they will be sued. over and over until the end of time.
much better to just miss breaking even. Shovel all the user data into doubleclick, and all the video data into crazy data mining algorithms.
On the surface, your argument has intuitive merit. However, you don't sue a business unit (Youtube), you sue a company (Google). Google is profitable.
On the surface, your argument has intuitive merit. However, youtube isn't a business unit. it's a subsidiary.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/look-ahead-at-google-... http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6153267-7.html
edit: sorry, that was sorta snarky. and things may have changed since the viacom lawsuit. (it was a subsidiary in late 2008)
Touche! Didn't do my homework on this one.