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Anon thinks about Google (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago by starman to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They're the #1 in streaming. More people watch youtube on their TV's than Netflix

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't Youtube famously bleed money?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No clue, but the question was what do they have that people like. People really really like youtube

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Liked. They make it worse every day, there's just not a viable alternative. Without revanced and 5 different plugins on the browser, I'd have stopped using it already

[–] hex 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not anymore lol. It used to, but they make a lot of money on youtube now.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

But they didn't invent that. They bought YouTube after it was already popular. The only thing they've done to the platform is put in more ads.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

YouTube launched in 2005 and was bought by Google in 2006. It has been a Google service for 95% of its existence. I'm pretty sure Google did other stuff in that 18 years than "put in more ads."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Was that a qualifier? "What exactly does google have left that people like?" Youtube, they have youtube

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

And destroying the rating system from points based, to thumps up and down relation, to thumps up only.