Red Baron 0 Report post Posted October 7, 2006 So there's a big rumor that Google will buy You Tube for 1.6 Billion dollars http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentSe...ol=969048863851 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted October 7, 2006 Nooo I don't want to pay for content on youtube like I have to on google video. Fuck. It'll be more regulated too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fökai 0 Report post Posted October 7, 2006 I'd bet the house on more advertising before pay-for-content. And Google should realize that any regulations outside of minor tweaking would be a bad thing. They don't want to scare away the userbase that YouTube holds. I believe the official number was 34 million unique people that used YouTube in the month of August. That's scary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted October 8, 2006 Even scarier is that youtube hasn't even been around for a year yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0 Report post Posted October 8, 2006 Youtube was losing lots of money. There is hardly any advertizing on that site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted October 8, 2006 Yeah, that's one thing I've never understood. How does Youtube actually support itself? I never notice any ads or anything on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2006 I think Youtube was probably invented with the idea that some big company like Google would buy them out for millions. Or in this case, billions. Only reason why I could see them do this. ...how they managed to survive, is what I'm wondering. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ginger Snaps 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2006 I'm convinced that Google will fuck this up somehow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
randomguy 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2006 YouTube lost money, they survived on venture capital. And yes, the business model was to get bought. Welcome to 1998 where "eyeballs" and "mindshare" are what matter most. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
