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by jbverschoor 1133 days ago
Does anybody know what currently the most expensive part about YouTube is?

Storage

Bandwidth

Processing/encoding
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galleywest200 1133 days ago
Linus Tech Tips had a good video about six months ago where they dived into the sheer amount of storage YouTube needs since they now allow 4k uploads, and the costs associated with this.

Is it the most? Not sure, but it is certainly a large number.

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freediverx 1132 days ago
Shareholder greed
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pfffr 1133 days ago
Surely not labor
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