[MattGaiser]

Google made the bed for free and others wanted to pee in it. The rest blamed Google for the bed having pee in it and demanded they do something, including post 24 hour guards around the bed.

I would take the bed away too.

[mdoms]

Ah yes, YouTube, that product that Google made and that doesn't bring them any revenue. Two things that are definitely true.

[rrdharan]

You realize that revenue and profit are distinct?

Uber has massive revenues as do many other capital intensive businesses. That doesn't make them profitable.

[fakedang]

Last time I checked, YouTube ads were a very profitable business.

The parent to your comment chose revenue likely to note that Google makes money from the bed ie. it's not a service given away for free.

[martinpw]

Where did you check this? AFAIK YouTube profits (if any) are not broken out anywhere. At least not as of early this year:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/google-still-isnt-telling-us...

Alphabet said YouTube ad revenue in the first quarter reached $4.7 billion, while cloud sales came in at $2.6 billion. The company broke those numbers out for the first time, but it’s still not disclosing profit figures for the units.

[NoOneNew]

Yea, but anyone that owns a small business understands how you hide profit so you get taxed less.

Given how quickly and easily the axe comes down on sub par Google products, I highly doubt they'd keep YouTube if it wasn't profitable.

[root_axis]

Is the definition of the word "free" another casualty of this era? It's literally free...

[MattGaiser]

The bed referred to the community generated subtitles, not YouTube overall.